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. 2014 Nov;74(11):1023-1025.
doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1383130.

A Report on the Hysteroscopic Removal of a Gräfenberg Ring After Almost Fifty Years in Utero

P Baldauf  1 , R Tönnes  2 , S Simon  3 , M David  4
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A Report on the Hysteroscopic Removal of a Gräfenberg Ring After Almost Fifty Years in Utero

P Baldauf et al. Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd. 2014 Nov.

Abstract
in English, German

A report on the hysteroscopic removal of a Gräfenberg ring after almost fifty years in utero. In addition to the differential diagnostic considerations, the medical history aspects of this case are particularly interesting.

Berichtet wird über die hysteroskopische Entfernung eines Gräfenberg-Rings nach fast 50 Jahren Liegedauer. Neben differenzialdiagnostischen Erwägungen sind besonders die medizinhistorischen Aspekte dieses Falls interessant.

Keywords: contraception; gynaecology; uterus.

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Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Ultra-dense recording of the uterus with the Gräfenberg ring (hyper-dense structure in the uterus), uterus length 44.7 mm (D1), uterus a.–p. 22.9 mm (D2) (photo: P. Baldauf).
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Gräfenberg ring in utero (hysteroscopic recording) (photo: P. Baldauf).
Fig. 3
Fig. 3
The surface of the Gräfenberg ring (× 50) (photo: Rathgen research lab).
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