title: Penetration of the descending colon by a migrating intrauterine contraceptive device.
abstract: Foreign bodies in the gastrointestinal tract often cause serious complications, such as perforation, obstruction, abscess formation, or hemorrhage. This is a case in which a patient visited our hospital and complained of a vague lower abdominal pain that had been present for three months. She had an intrauterine device (IUD) inserted five years earlier. The abdominal X-ray, computed tomography and colonoscopy revealed that the IUD had penetrated into the descending colon. We tried to remove the IUD by colonoscopy but failed due to pain, so we removed the IUD surgically. Thus, we report a case in which a previously inserted IUD had penetrated into the descending colon and was surgically removed. We also present a brief review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Good Gang-An Hospital, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Jung Min
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Chang Seog
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Min Seong
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Do Young
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Chul Young
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Young Bae
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Yong Kyu
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Dong Eun
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Dong Hyun
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Lee