Unusual Placement of an IUD; Presenting as Vesicle Calculus: A Case Report

authors:

avatar Santosh K Singh 1 , avatar Devendra S Pawar , , avatar Jyotsana Sen 1 , avatar Sachit Sharma 1

Department of Urology, Pt B D. Sharma University of Health Sciences, India
Nephro-Urology Monthly: Vol.2, issue 2; 379-382
article type: Case Report
received: May 3, 2009
accepted: June 15, 2009

how to cite: Singh S, Pawar D, Sen J, Sharma S. Unusual Placement of an IUD; Presenting as Vesicle Calculus: A Case Report. Nephro-Urol Mon. 2010;2(2): 379-382. 

Abstract

Intrauterine Contraceptive Devices (IUD) have been commonly used method for birth spacing in Asian countries. In the rural areas of India infrequently these IUDs are placed by trained multipurpose health workers. We report a 30 years-old women with erroneously placed IUD, transurethrally into urinary bladder which later on presented as vesicle calculus and it was removed endoscopically. To our knowledge for presenting this misplacement, no such cases have been reported earlier in scientific literature.

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