Perihepatitis in women with salpingitis--an under-diagnosed clinical entity?
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Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome associated with tuberculous salpingitis and peritonitis: a case presentation and review of literature
BACKGROUND Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome or acute perihepatitis is considered a rare complication of pelvic inflammatory disease, mostly associated with chlamydial or gonococcal salpingitis. Peritoneal tuberculosis is a rare site of extra-pulmonary infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Infection usually occurs after reactivation of latent tuberculous foci in the peritoneum and more seldom...
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the utility of serum CA125 determinations in diagnosing acute salpingitis. METHODS CA125 levels were determined for 34 women with the clinical diagnosis of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). Acute salpingitis was confirmed laparoscopically in 28 women (82.3%). RESULTS Twenty patients (71.4%) with laparoscopically confirmed acute salpingit...
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Objectives: Mycoplasma genitalium has been associated with cervicitis, endometritis, and tubal factor infertility. Because the ability of this bacterium to ascend and infect the fallopian tube remains undefined, we performed an investigation to determine the prevalence of M genitalium in fallopian tube, endometrial, and cervical specimens from women laparoscopically diagnosed with acute salping...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Genitourinary medicine
دوره 71 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1995