Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome with intestinal obstruction in an elderly woman

Assohoun K. T. Hubert; Koffi G. Marcellin; Dah G. Fredy; Andjemian Inguessan

doi:10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20263053

Authors

Assohoun K. T. Hubert Service de Chirurgie Générale et Digestive du CHU de Yopougon, UFR Sciences Médicales, Université Félix Houphouët Boigny d’Abidjan Cocody, Côte d’Ivoire
Koffi G. Marcellin Service de Chirurgie Générale et Digestive du CHU de Yopougon, UFR Sciences Médicales, Université Félix Houphouët Boigny d’Abidjan Cocody, Côte d’Ivoire
Dah G. Fredy Service de Chirurgie Générale et Digestive du CHU de Yopougon, UFR Sciences Médicales, Université Félix Houphouët Boigny d’Abidjan Cocody, Côte d’Ivoire
Andjemian Inguessan Service de Chirurgie Générale et Digestive du CHU de Yopougon, UFR Sciences Médicales, Université Félix Houphouët Boigny d’Abidjan Cocody, Côte d’Ivoire

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20263053

Keywords:

Occlusion, Hail, Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome

Abstract

Fitz-Hugh-Curtis (FHC) syndrome occurs as a complication of pelvic inflammatory disease, most commonly in young women, following Chlamydiae trachomatis infection of the genital tract. It is a rare condition, exceptional in elderly women and especially when it is revealed during an intestinal obstruction. This is why we report the case of a 65-year-old woman who presented with an occlusive syndrome whose diagnosis of FHC syndrome was made accidentally intra operatively. Thus, when the usual causes of febrile obstruction in a woman have been eliminated, whatever the age, the possibility of FHC syndrome must be raised by the clinician, even in the absence of pelvic symptoms.

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