Perihepatitis
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Perihepatitis is
peritoneal coating of the liver
.
Perihepatitis is often caused by one of the inflammatory disorders of the female upper
genital tract, known collectively as pelvic inflammatory disease
.
Presentation
Some patients have sharp
right upper abdominal quadrant pain. One of the complications of perihepatitis is Fitz-Hugh–Curtis syndrome.[1]
Etiology
Common bacterial causes for this disease are Chlamydia trachomatis[2] and Neisseria gonorrhoeae.[3]
References
- OCLC 1198757946.)
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link - PMID 6781346.
- PMID 4245224.