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Budd-Chiari syndrome after taking oral contraceptives

A case report and review of 14 reported cases

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A case of Budd-Chiari syndrome in a young woman taking oral contraceptives is described. Her main complaints were of abdominal pain and ascites without hepatosplenomegaly and the subsequent development of shock. Diagnosis was established by selective hepatic arteriogram and vena cavagram. She was treated with supportive measures, anticoagulants and neomycin. At the time of this report, the patient is slowly convalescing, taking coumadin, diuretics and Aldactone, as well as supplementary vitamins. Reviewed are 14 cases of Budd-Chiari syndrome occurring while patients weretaking oral contraceptives.

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  1. Department of Medicine, Menorah Medical Center, 4949 Rockhill Road, 64110, Kansas City, Missouri

    Shuh-min Wu MD, Otto M. Spurny MD & Arthur P. Klotz MD

  2. Division of Gastrointestinal Disease, University of Kansas Medical Center, USA

    Shuh-min Wu MD, Otto M. Spurny MD & Arthur P. Klotz MD

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Wu, Sm., Spurny, O.M. & Klotz, A.P. Budd-Chiari syndrome after taking oral contraceptives. Digest Dis Sci 22, 623–628 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01073081

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