Budd-Chiari syndrome and hepatic adenomas associated with oral contraceptives. A case report

Tong, H.K.; Fai, G.L.; Ann, L.T.; Hock, O.B.

Singapore Medical Journal 22(3): 168-172

1981


ISSN/ISBN: 0037-5675
PMID: 6272427
Document Number: 169237
Budd-Chiari syndrome associated with liver cell adenomas in a young woman taking oral contraceptives is described. Her main complaints were of abdominal discomfort and massive ascites. Diagnosis of Budd-Chiari syndrome was established by hepatic venography and at laparotomy, multiple liver cell adenomas were discovered. Evidently oral contraceptives play a central role in the etiology of these conditions.

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