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Abstract
Small-bowel infarction resulting from mesenteric venous thrombosis is a rare but life-threatening complication to which young women taking oral contraceptives are liable. The patient characteristically presents with an "acute abdomen" after a variable prodromal period of vague abdominal pain. The correct diagnosis can be made from the macroscopic appearance at laparotomy, provided the surgeon is alert to the condition. An accurate diagnosis is important, as anticoagulation measures must be instituted early to counter the commonly associated thromboembolic phenomena.Entities:
Keywords: Case Studies; Contraception; Contraceptive Agents, Estrogen--administraction and dosage; Contraceptive Agents, Estrogen--side effects; Contraceptive Agents, Estrogen--therapeutic use; Contraceptive Agents, Female--administraction and dosage; Contraceptive Agents, Female--side effects; Contraceptive Agents, Female--therapeutic use; Contraceptive Agents, Progestin--administraction and dosage; Contraceptive Agents, Progestin--side effects; Contraceptive Agents, Progestin--therapeutic use; Contraceptive Agents--administraction and dosage; Contraceptive Agents--side effects; Contraceptive Agents--therapeutic use; Diseases; Embolism; Ethynodiol Diacetate--administraction and dosage; Ethynodiol Diacetate--side effects; Ethynodiol Diacetate--therapeutic use; Family Planning; Mestranol--administraction and dosage; Mestranol--side effects; Mestranol--therapeutic use; Oral Contraceptives; Oral Contraceptives, Combined; Pain; Research Methodology; Signs And Symptoms; Studies; Thromboembolism; Thrombosis; Vascular Diseases
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Year: 1976 PMID： 1067070 DOI： 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1976.tb03216.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Aust N Z J Surg ISSN： 0004-8682