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YEAR: 1975

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Porphyria variegata provoked by contraceptive pill.

AUTHORS

Fowler CJ; Ward JM

SOURCE

British Medical Journal 1(5959): 663-664. March 22, 1975.

ABSTRACT

A case history is presented of a 26-year-old woman with undiagnosed porphyria variegata, who took an oral

contraceptive containing .5 mg ethinyl estradiol and 2.5 mg lynestrenol and 2 months leter developed a bullous

erruption which was sensitive to light, followed by cholestatic jaundice. She gradually recovered after

hospitalization in a dark room and after being treated with topically applied steroids. She was discharged after 5

weeks of hospitalization, but was readmitted twice with erythema, swelling of the face and blisters on the hands.

Each time, symptoms occurred 4 days before her period and subsided upon menstruation. It is suggested that the

cutaneous symptoms were caused by the accumulation of porphyrins in the skin, owing to cholestasis resulting from

hypersensitivity of the liver to estrogens. Thus, estrogen-induced liver dysfunction resulted secondarily in skin

trouble. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT7T 3077-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Porphyria variegata provoked by contraceptive pill.", is(are)

Fowler CJ; Ward JM. The source of this article is "British Medical Journal 1(5959): 663-664. March 22, 1975.". This

article was published in 1975 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT7T 3077-06. All rights

reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 33077

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