[Diagnostic image (98). A woman with a vanished intra-uterine device].
A 36-year-old woman suffered from abdominal pain immediately after placement of an intra-uterine device (IUD). Abdominal X-ray revealed that the IUD had perforated the uterus and lay in the peritoneal cavity.
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D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007434:Intrauterine Devices / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D014595:Uterine Perforation / Q000209:etiology*; D014599:Uterus