Oral contraceptives with progestogens desogestrel or levonorgestrel and risk of intracranial meningioma: national case-control study
The results showed a small increased risk of intracranial meningioma in women who had used desogestrel 75 µg for more than five continuous years, but no risk in users of levonorgestrel (alone or combined with oestrogen).
Authors
- Pauline Dayani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8653-928X)
- Bérangère Baricault (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5835-7668)
- Epiphane Kolla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4649-6833)
- Sébastien Froelich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9124-2395)
- Mahmoud Zureik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8393-4217)
- Lise Duranteau
- Noémie Roland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8079-4263)
- Alain Weill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8687-9092)
Institutions
- Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (FR)
- Université Paris Cité (FR)
- Université Paris-Saclay (FR)
- Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (FR)
- Hôpital Lariboisière (FR)
- Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l’Alimentation, de l’Environnement et du Travail (FR)
- Bicêtre Hospital (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ
- Published
- 2025-06-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2024-083981
- Citations
- 9
- Primary Topic
- Meningioma and schwannoma management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 12.19