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Case Reports
. 2019 Apr-Jun;8(2):83-85.
doi: 10.4103/GMIT.GMIT_109_18. Epub 2019 Apr 29.

Intrauterine Contraceptive Device Perforating the Cecum, a Pregnancy Complication?

Luay Ibrahim Abu Atileh  1 , Mohammad Anas Mourad  2 , Dania Haj-Yasin  2 , Laith Shlash  2 , Laith Zaid Kaylani  2 , Nardin Fadila  2
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Intrauterine Contraceptive Device Perforating the Cecum, a Pregnancy Complication?

Luay Ibrahim Abu Atileh et al. Gynecol Minim Invasive Ther. 2019 Apr-Jun.

Abstract

Intrauterine contraceptive device (IUCD) is a widely used method of contraception worldwide. Displacement of the IUCD extrauterine, by perforating the uterus and migration, is a serious complication following its insertion. We reported an extremely rare case of a 24-year-old female patient found to have a copper T 380A IUCD displaced from its normal site to be embedded into the cecum, suggested to have occurred during pregnancy, and being successfully removed laparoscopically.

Keywords: Cecal perforation; intrauterine device; laparoscopy.

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Figure 1
Anterior-posterior abdominal X-ray as the arrow shows the intrauterine contraceptive device in the right iliac fossa
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(a) Laparoscopic view showing horizontal arms of copper T 380A intrauterine contraceptive device embedded inside the cecum pointed by the single arrows, while the double arrow shows the vertical arm. (b) Laparoscopic view showing the site of perforation after removal of the intrauterine contraceptive device (arrow). As (A) represents the appendix, (C) represents the cecum
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