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| Year : 2019 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 83-85 |
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Intrauterine contraceptive device perforating the cecum, a pregnancy complication?
Luay Ibrahim Abu Atileh1, Mohammad Anas Mourad2, Dania Haj-Yasin2, Laith Shlash2, Laith Zaid Kaylani2, Nardin Fadila2
1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jordan Ministry of Health, Al Bashir Hospital, Amman, Jordan
2 University of Jordan, Faculty of Medicine, Amman, Jordan
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Luay Ibrahim Abu Atileh
Laparoscopic Gynecologist, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jordan Ministry of Health, Al Bashir Hospital, Amman P.O. Box 11169
Jordan
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | 2 |
DOI: 10.4103/GMIT.GMIT_109_18
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Intrauterine contraceptive device (IUCD) is a widely used method of contraception worldwide. Displacement of the IUCD extrauterine, by perforating the uterus and migration, is a serious complication following its insertion. We reported an extremely rare case of a 24-year-old female patient found to have a copper T 380A IUCD displaced from its normal site to be embedded into the cecum, suggested to have occurred during pregnancy, and being successfully removed laparoscopically.
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