Translocation of an Intrauterine Contraceptive Device: Incidental Finding in the Rectosigmoid Colon

The presence of an intrauterine device (IUD) within the colon is rare. Complications have been reported with IUDs among which uterine perforation. Translocation of IUDs to the uterine cavity, to the bladder and also through the wall of the bowel, and sigmoid colon has been reported. We believe there...

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Autores principales: Vilallonga, R., Rodriguez, N., Vilchez, M., Armengol, M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2896620/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20613996
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/404160
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author Vilallonga, R.
Rodriguez, N.
Vilchez, M.
Armengol, M.
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Armengol, M.
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description The presence of an intrauterine device (IUD) within the colon is rare. Complications have been reported with IUDs among which uterine perforation. Translocation of IUDs to the uterine cavity, to the bladder and also through the wall of the bowel, and sigmoid colon has been reported. We believe there may be a case that surgeons should know the result of despite being a priori gynaecological complication. This paper reports on a case of colon perforation by an IUD.
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spelling pubmed-28966202010-07-07 Translocation of an Intrauterine Contraceptive Device: Incidental Finding in the Rectosigmoid Colon Vilallonga, R. Rodriguez, N. Vilchez, M. Armengol, M. Obstet Gynecol Int Case Report The presence of an intrauterine device (IUD) within the colon is rare. Complications have been reported with IUDs among which uterine perforation. Translocation of IUDs to the uterine cavity, to the bladder and also through the wall of the bowel, and sigmoid colon has been reported. We believe there may be a case that surgeons should know the result of despite being a priori gynaecological complication. This paper reports on a case of colon perforation by an IUD. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010 2010-06-09 /pmc/articles/PMC2896620/ /pubmed/20613996 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/404160 Text en Copyright © 2010 R. Vilallonga et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Vilchez, M.
Armengol, M.
Translocation of an Intrauterine Contraceptive Device: Incidental Finding in the Rectosigmoid Colon
title Translocation of an Intrauterine Contraceptive Device: Incidental Finding in the Rectosigmoid Colon
title_full Translocation of an Intrauterine Contraceptive Device: Incidental Finding in the Rectosigmoid Colon
title_fullStr Translocation of an Intrauterine Contraceptive Device: Incidental Finding in the Rectosigmoid Colon
title_full_unstemmed Translocation of an Intrauterine Contraceptive Device: Incidental Finding in the Rectosigmoid Colon
title_short Translocation of an Intrauterine Contraceptive Device: Incidental Finding in the Rectosigmoid Colon
title_sort translocation of an intrauterine contraceptive device: incidental finding in the rectosigmoid colon
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2896620/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20613996
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/404160
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