Cyproterone acetate- and ethinyloestradiol-containing oral contraceptive as a risk factor for upper extremity deep venous thrombosis-a case report
Kapur, R.; Stramrood, C.A.I.; Schutgens, R.E.G.; van Asbeck, B.Sweder.
European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care the Official Journal of the European Society of Contraception 14(2): 160-163
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 1362-5187 PMID: 19340712 DOI: 10.1080/13625180902741451Document Number: 204919
Deep venous thrombosis of the upper extremity (UEDVT) is a rare variety of deep venous thrombosis. Compared to lower-extremity deep venous thrombosis, less is known about the risk factors for primary UEDVT. We report on a 27-year-old woman with UEDVT extending from the jugular and subclavian veins to the elbow. The thrombosis was possibly provoked by a shoulder trauma, in combination with heterozygosity for the prothrombin G20210A mutation and a protein S-deficiency, which may have been induced by the use of a cyproterone acetate- and ethinyloestradiol (CPA/EE)-containing oral contraceptive.