Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome

noun

A rare complication of pelvic inflammatory disease, where liver capsule inflammation leads to the formation of adhesions presenting with the clinical syndrome of right upper quadrant pain.

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nounFitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome (uncountable)
  1. uncountablegynaecologyA rare complication of pelvic inflammatory disease, where liver capsule inflammation leads to the formation of adhesions presenting with the clinical syndrome of right upper quadrant pain.
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