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POSSIBLE ASSOCIATION OF ANGIOSARCOMA WITH ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS

1981; Wiley; Volume: 1; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5694/j.1326-5377.1981.tb135739.x

1326-5377

Enyi Shi, A. W. Fischer, R. Crouch, J. M. Ham,

Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes

Angiosarcoma of the liver has been reported to be associated with the long-term use of androgenic-anabolic and oestrogenic steroids. It has been suggested that this tumour might develop in women after long-term exposure to oral contraceptive steroids, although this association has not yet been reported. We present here the clinical and pathological findings in a 42-year-old woman who died of hepatic angiosarcoma after taking oral contraceptive steroids for 10 years.