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YEAR: 1975

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Pancreatitis, multiple infarcts and oral contraception.

AUTHORS

Foster ME; Powell DE

SOURCE

Postgraduate Medical Journal 51(599): 667-669. September 1975.

ABSTRACT

A 37-year-old mother presented to the hospital with clinical features of pancreatitis which initially failed to suggest

an association with oral contraceptives. She had been taking Ovran for 18 months. A previously undescribed state of

multiple infarcts in the liver, kidneys, pancreas, and myocardium was found at postmortem. The mechanism of death

was undoubtedly that of multiple thrombi in vital organs. Use of oral contraceptives may predispose to thrombosis

although the frequency is disputed. A reliable assessment depends upon careful statistical studies of well-

controlled groups because an isolated case may coincide when coronary thrombosis and pulmonary embolism fail to

be extreme rarities in adult women. The above patient's clinical and pathological findings were so remarkable that

this case serves an an illustration of how official figures for thrombotic complications can be underestimated.

(PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT7T 3025-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Pancreatitis, multiple infarcts and oral contraception.",

is(are) Foster ME; Powell DE. The source of this article is "Postgraduate Medical Journal 51(599): 667-669.

September 1975.". This article was published in 1975 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID:

CONT7T 3025-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 33025

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