Differential diagnosis of intra-uterine device migrating to bladder using radiographic image of calculus formation and review of literature.
A 28-year-old woman in whom a copper-T 280-A intra-uterine device (IUD) had been placed 6 months previously, presented complaining of urinary system infection and lower abdominal pain. Intra-vesical migration of IUD was confirmed by radiography and cystoscopy. Since 1966, 17 other cases of calculus formation among 41 cases of intra-vesical migration have been reported.
Ozçelik
Bülent
B
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical Faculty, Erciyes University, Kayseri 38039, Turkey. ozbulent_2000@hotmail.com
Serin
I Serdar
IS
Basbug
Mustafa
M
Aygen
Ercan
E
Ekmekçioglu
Oguz
O
D015746:Abdominal Pain; D000328:Adult; D003558:Cystoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007434:Intrauterine Devices / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011859:Radiography; D001744:Urinary Bladder Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology