One intrauterine device lost, two found.
During a search for a recently inserted, lost intrauterine device (IUD), a pelvic x-ray found two devices. One of the IUDs had been inserted 9 years earlier and was thought expelled.
Tsafrir
Avi
A
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shaare-Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. avits@szmc.org.il
Plotkin
Vladimir
V
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007433:Intrauterine Device Expulsion; D007434:Intrauterine Devices / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010388:Pelvis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D014595:Uterine Perforation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*