An unusual presentation of a foreign body in the urinary bladder: A migrant intrauterine device

Urol Int. 1998;61(4):240-2. doi: 10.1159/000030338.

Abstract

A 35-year-old woman, who had had an intrauterine device inserted 7 years earlier, presented with dysuria, pollakiuria, suprapubic pain and urethral irritation. The intrauterine device was found in the bladder with stone formation and was removed by endoscopy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cystoscopy / methods
  • Disease-Free Survival
  • Female
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging*
  • Foreign Bodies / etiology*
  • Foreign Bodies / therapy
  • Foreign-Body Migration / diagnosis*
  • Foreign-Body Migration / therapy
  • Humans
  • Intrauterine Devices / adverse effects*
  • Urinary Bladder / diagnostic imaging*
  • Urinary Bladder Calculi / diagnosis
  • Urinary Bladder Calculi / etiology*
  • Urinary Bladder Calculi / therapy
  • Urography