Mesenteric venous thrombosis and oral contraceptives
| Autor: | Deweese Ja, Nesbit Rr |
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| Rok vydání: | 1977 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Population Infarction Ileum Mesenteric Vein Mesenteric Veins Medicine Humans education education.field_of_study business.industry Mestranol Thrombosis General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Contraceptives Oral Synthetic Appendicitis Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Embolism Female Norethindrone business medicine.drug Contraceptives Oral |
| Zdroj: | Southern medical journal. 70(3) |
| ISSN: | 0038-4348 |
| Popis: | A case of a 46-year-old white female admitted with a preoperative diagnosis of appendicitis was found to have a 30 cm portion of the ileum infarcted at operation. Clots were present in mesenteric veins. The patient had a recurrenc of infarction and another 30 cm segment of ileum was removed later that day. Th patient had been taking norethindrone with mestranol for 6 years. 17 cases of mesenteric venous thrombosis have been reported in young women taking oral contraceptives. An association is suggested. |
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