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ABDOMINAL PAIN AND GONORRHŒA
Author(s) -
MacLean A. B.,
Platts W. M.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1977.tb04343.x
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , abdominal pain , general surgery , surgery , optics , physics
Two patients are described who presented with features of the Fitz‐Hugh‐Curtis syndrome. Recognition of this entity may prevent unnecessary investigation before diagnosis and treatment. As the incidence of gonorrhœa is increasing, complications such as this may be seen more frequently among patients presenting to surgical or gynæcological wards.