Levonorgestrel intrauterine system as a treatment option for severe menorrhagia in adolescent with type III von Willebrand disease

BMJ Case Rep. 2013 Apr 30:2013:bcr2013008833. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-008833.

Abstract

The authors describe a case of an adolescent with type III von Willebrand disease and severe menorrhagia since menarche. Antifibrinolytic, hormonal (estroprogestative pill in high doses, etonogestrel implant and gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist goserelin) and Von Willebrand Factor/Factor VIII replacement therapies were prescribed to the patient, but symptomatic control was only obtained with high doses of VWF/FVIII twice a week. In March 2012, a levonorgestrel intrauterine system was inserted in a 14-year-old. At present, the patient is asymptomatic without regular prophylaxis (VWF/FVIII replacement therapy) and has had a remarkable improvement in her quality of life.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Contraceptive Agents, Female / administration & dosage
  • Contraceptive Agents, Female / therapeutic use*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intrauterine Devices
  • Levonorgestrel / administration & dosage
  • Levonorgestrel / therapeutic use*
  • Menorrhagia / drug therapy*
  • Menorrhagia / etiology
  • von Willebrand Diseases / complications*

Substances

  • Contraceptive Agents, Female
  • Levonorgestrel