Transmigrated intrauterine device discovered 17 years after its insertion

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2007, Pages

  Bartalena, T ^a   Pascali, E ^a   Rinaldi, M F ^a   Marasco, R ^a   Bassi, F ^a   Alboni, C ^a   Gavelli, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intrauterine device; Opaque foreign body; Uterine perforation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS PERFORATION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL;

EID: 35948974431     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2007.01760.x     Document Type: Article

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