Resumen

MARRERO MARTINEZ, José Antonio; PERDOMO CORDIDO, Belkis; FLEITES LEON, Aracelys  y  GUERRA ORTEGA, Rubén. Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome: incidental finding during the study of female infertility. Medicentro Electrónica [online]. 2019, vol.23, n.2, pp.140-144. ISSN 1029-3043.

The inability to conceive after one year of unprotected intercourse is a term accepted as infertility. In Cuba 15-20% of couples require some type of help to conceive a child. Hysterosalpingography is one of the established studies that should be performed when the etiology of this inability is sought, especially when a possible tubal-peritoneal cause is suspected. Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome or perihepatitis, consists of an inflammation of the liver capsule, caused by an infection (chlamydial infection is the most common), as an extrapelvic manifestation of an inflammatory disease. The unsuspected finding of this syndrome was reported during the performance of hysterosalpingography, associated with a bilateral tubal obstruction, without clinical symptoms, which led us to suspect a previous pelvic infectious process, as a possible etiological factor of the difficulty to conceive.

Palabras clave : infertility; female; pelvic inflammatory disease; chlamydia infections.

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