Cyproterone acetate- and ethinyloestradiol-containing oral contraceptive as a risk factor for upper extremity deep venous thrombosis-a case report.

ABSTRACT

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.