title: Acute arterial occlusion and the contraceptive pill.
abstract: Two female patients in their thirties suffered peripheral arterial occlusion, in close association with the ingestion of the oral contraceptive pill. While current investigative technique cannot directly implicate the pill, it is felt that in the two patients presented it was an important aetiological factor, no co-existing arterial pathology being detected.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001027:Aortography; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004997:Ethinyl Estradiol / Q000009:adverse effects; D005040:Ethynodiol Diacetate / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery; D005734:Gangrene / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D008656:Mestranol / Q000009:adverse effects; D009640:Norethindrone / Q000009:adverse effects; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000601:surgery; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D003276:Contraceptives, Oral; D004997:Ethinyl Estradiol; D005040:Ethynodiol Diacetate; D008656:Mestranol; D009640:Norethindrone