| Title |
Oral contraceptive and acute intestinal ischemia with mesenteric venous thrombosis: a case report
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Open Access Journal of Contraception, January 2017
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| DOI | 10.2147/oajc.s124625 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Aude Béliard, Lucie Verreth, Pascale Grandjean |
| Abstract |
Venous thrombosis is a serious complication of combined contraceptive usage. However, mesenteric venous thrombosis and intestinal necrosis are infrequently seen in women using oral contraceptives, and in such cases diagnosis is often delayed. We report the case of a 38-year-old obese female patient who presented with acute abdominal pain. A bowel infection was first diagnosed and treated with antibiotics. Contrast-enhanced tomography of the abdomen revealed diffuse ischemia of the small intestine with superior mesenteric thrombosis. Laparotomy with segmental resection of both small and large bowel was performed. No predisposing factor of mesenteric venous thrombosis was demonstrated except association of the combined contraceptive with obesity. This report highlights the need for clinicians to suspect venous mesenteric thrombosis in women of reproductive age with acute abdominal pain and poor physical findings. Detailed personal history including prescriptions should help to quickly and accurately determine the problem. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 20 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 2 | 10% |
| Other | 1 | 5% |
| Professor | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 12 | 60% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 25% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 5% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 1 | 5% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 12 | 60% |
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