Unusual intrauterine objects: potential pitfalls in ultrasonographic identification.
Three cases of echogenic objects in the uterine cavity are reported. These objects had ultrasonographic characteristics of contraceptive intrauterine devices (IUDs) and, in the absence of patients' medical histories, would almost certainly have been wrongly identified as such. The authors demonstrate that noncontraceptive intrauterine objects can mimic IUDs.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007047:Hysterosalpingography; D007434:Intrauterine Devices; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014599:Uterus / Q000473:pathology*