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Case Reports
. 2007 Dec:51 Suppl:B284-6.
doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2007.01760.x.

Transmigrated intrauterine device discovered 17 years after its insertion

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Transmigrated intrauterine device discovered 17 years after its insertion

T Bartalena et al. Australas Radiol. 2007 Dec.

Abstract

We present the case of an intraperitoneal IUD incidentally noted on lumbar spine X-rays and confirmed by CT. This was secondary to asymptomatic uterine perforation occurred at the time of insertion 17 years before.

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