title: [Diagnostic image (344). A woman with progressive abdominal pain].
abstract: A 28-year-old woman, three months post partum, presented with abdominal pain due to uterine perforation by a levonorgestrel releasing intrauterine device.
authors.affiliation: Universitair Medisch Centrum St Radboud, afd. Verloskunde en Gynaecologie, Nijmegen. rvos@alysis.nl
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Vos-Bruin
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Vierhout
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007436:Intrauterine Devices, Medicated / Q000009:adverse effects*; D049590:Postpartum Period; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D014599:Uterus / Q000293:injuries*