Pulmonary embolism related to oral contraceptives
Gyun-Ho JeonSang-Jun Park
Broschiertes Buch

Pulmonary embolism related to oral contraceptives

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Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is well known as one of the rare but serious adverse effect of the combined oral contraceptives (COCs). The COCs with third and fourth generation progestogens were found to have higher risk of venous thrombosis than those with second generation progestogens. We present a case of pulmonary embolism in a 23-year-old nulligravid woman who was using COCs containing the third generation progestogen (desogestrel). She had taken the COCs for three months 9 months ago and then stopped it three months. At the time of presentation of the adverse effect, it was 4th months she...