[A surprising reason for consulting: wires projecting from the anus, a rare complication of intra uterine device insertion]

J Delotte; C Trastour; A Bafghi; A Iannelli; A Bongain

doi:10.1016/s0368-2315(06)76485-7

[A surprising reason for consulting: wires projecting from the anus, a rare complication of intra uterine device insertion]

J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod (Paris). 2006 Dec;35(8 Pt 1):820-1. doi: 10.1016/s0368-2315(06)76485-7.

[Article in French]

Authors

J Delotte¹, C Trastour, A Bafghi, A Iannelli, A Bongain

Affiliation

¹ Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Reproduction et Médecine Foetale, Hôpital Archet-II, 151, route Saint-Antoine-de-Ginestière, BP 3079, 06202 Nice Cedex 03. [email protected]

PMID: 17151539
DOI: 10.1016/s0368-2315(06)76485-7

Abstract

Rectal perforation by migration of an intrauterine device is a rare complication which gynecologists must be aware of. Treatment can associate endoscopic examinations and a surgical procedure.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Adult
Anal Canal / pathology*
Female
Humans
Intrauterine Device Expulsion*
Rectum / pathology
Rupture