Intrauterine contraceptive device with rectal perforation and strings presenting at the anus.

Autor: Abasiattai AM; Department of Obstetrics/Gynaecology, University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo, Nigeria. animan74@yahoo.com, Umoiyoho AJ, Utuk NM, Ugege W, Udoh IA
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMJ case reports [BMJ Case Rep] 2010 Dec 06; Vol. 2010. Date of Electronic Publication: 2010 Dec 06.
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.03.2010.2836
Abstrakt: A 36-year-old grand multiparous midwife presented to the gynaecological unit of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital with the string of an intrauterine contraceptive device (IUCD) protruding from her anus. She had had a copper IUCD inserted at a health centre 8 years earlier. However, 4 months later she noticed that she no longer felt its strings and had another IUCD inserted in the same facility when the first device was not located. Four months prior to presentation, she presented to a private clinic when she no longer felt the strings of the second IUCD. The device in the uterus was removed in the private clinic and she was referred to the teaching hospital. At the teaching hospital rectal examination and plain x-ray revealed the presence of a device. Under general anaesthesia, the device was successfully removed in theatre through the rectum with no postoperative complications.
Databáze: MEDLINE