Chlamydia trachomatis Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome without salpingitis in female adolescents
D. K. Katzman, I. M. Friedman, C. A. McDonald and I. F. Litt
Department of Pediatrics, Stanford (Calif) University School of Medicine, Palo Alto.
We encountered seven female adolescents with the Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome
and no signs or symptoms of salpingitis. Six of the patients had cervical
cultures positive for Chlamydia trachomatis. The Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome
should be included in the differential diagnosis of right-sided abdominal
pain in the sexually active female adolescent to avoid unnecessary
diagnostic procedures and to reduce the prevalence of chlamydial infection
and its complications.
