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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 after contiguous spread from tuberculous salpingitis.    Case presentation  We describe a case of a 21-year old female of Somalian origin diagnosed with Fitz-Hugh Curtis syndrome associated with tuberculous salpingitis and peritonitis, presenting with new onset ascites.  Acid fast stained smear and polymerase chain reaction for  Mycobacterium tuberculosis  on ascitic fluid, endocervical culture and tuberculin skin test were all negative. Eventually, the diagnosis was made laparoscopically, showing multiple peritoneal white nodules and perihepatic “violin string” fibrinous strands.    Conclusions  To our knowledge, this is the first case where Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome is associated with both peritoneal and genital tuberculosis and where ascites was the primary clinical finding. Female genital tuberculosis has only rarely been associated with Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome and all cases presented with chronic abdominal pain and/or infertility. Ascites and peritoneal involvement was not present in any case. Moreover, most patients with Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome show no evidence of generalized intra-abdominal infection and only occasionally have concomitant ascites.

Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome associated with tuberculous salpingitis and peritonitis: a case presentation and review of literature