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Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis Associated with Oral Contraceptives: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Milne Peter Y.,
Thomas Robert J. S.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1976.tb03216.x
Subject(s) - medicine , venous thrombosis , thrombosis , intensive care medicine , general surgery , surgery
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.