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| Year : 2013 | Volume
: 45
| Issue : 3 | Page : 303-304 |
Peripheral arterial disease in a female using high-dose combined oral contraceptive pills
P Pallavee, Sunita Samal, Rupal Samal
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Pondicherry, India
Correspondence Address:
P Pallavee
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Pondicherry
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.111910
The association between oral contraceptive (OC) pills and vascular diseases is well-known, although, the present generation of pills is considered to be relatively safer in this regard. Hormonal treatment for severe abnormal uterine bleeding is usually considered after ruling out malignancy, when such bleeding is resistant to all other forms of treatment. We report a case of severe peripheral arterial disease in a female, who had been on high-dose OC pills for an extended period of time for severe uterine bleeding.
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