{"title":"[Migration of an intrauterine contraceptive device outside of the uterine cavity - a case report].","authors":"Gudrun Margret Vidarsdottir, Asgeir Bodvarsson, Helgi Kjartan Sigurdsson, Pall Helgi Moller","doi":"10.17992/lbl.2023.10.763","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Intrauterine devices (IUDs) are a safe and common form of contraception. Uterine rupture and migration of the IUD is a rare complication of insertion but can be serious and cause damage to adjacent organs. We present a case report of a 43 year old woman with chronic abdominal pain who was diagnosed with an IUD in the wall of the sigmoid colon. That IUD had been inserted in the uterine cavity 22 years earlier.</p>","PeriodicalId":49924,"journal":{"name":"Laeknabladid","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4000,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Laeknabladid","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.17992/lbl.2023.10.763","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Intrauterine devices (IUDs) are a safe and common form of contraception. Uterine rupture and migration of the IUD is a rare complication of insertion but can be serious and cause damage to adjacent organs. We present a case report of a 43 year old woman with chronic abdominal pain who was diagnosed with an IUD in the wall of the sigmoid colon. That IUD had been inserted in the uterine cavity 22 years earlier.
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Læknablaðið er fræðirit sem birtir vísinda og yfirlitsgreinar og annað efni sem byggir á rannsóknum innan læknisfræði eða skyldra greina. Læknablaðið er gefið út af Læknafélagi Íslands. Blaðið er sent til allra félagsmanna. Það var fyrst gefið út árið 1904 en hefur komið samfellt út frá árinu 1915. Blaðið kemur út 11 sinnum á ári og er prentað í 2000 eintökum. Allt efni Læknablaðsins frá árinu 2000 er aðgengilegt á heimasíðu blaðsins á laeknabladid.is og er aðgangur endurgjaldslaus og öllum opinn.