[Liver rupture after prolonged use of contraceptive]

Z Gesamte Inn Med. 1981 Feb 1;36(3):suppl 226-7.
[Article in German]

Abstract

Since several years benign liver tumours have been observed as complication of a long-term intake of hormonal contraceptives. Apart from a clinical unconspicuousness uncharacteristic complaints of the epigastrium up to the picture of the acute abdomen due to rupture of the tumour rich in vessels may be appear. A preoperative diagnosis is only rarely successful, and only the laparotomy brings the final diagnostic clarification.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Contraceptives, Oral / adverse effects*
  • Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal / adverse effects*
  • Female
  • Hemangioma, Cavernous / chemically induced*
  • Hemangioma, Cavernous / pathology
  • Humans
  • Liver / pathology
  • Liver Neoplasms / chemically induced*
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology
  • Rupture

Substances

  • Contraceptives, Oral
  • Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal