Erosion of an intrauterine contraceptive device into the urinary bladder: A case report

Erosion of an intrauterine contraceptive device into the urinary bladder: A case report

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Intrauterine contraceptive devices may rarely erode into the urinary bladder, usually shortly after High Frequency T5 Gear Trays insertion.This case report describes the presentation and management of a copper-bearing intrauterine device which had eroded into the bladder.The patient presented with dysuria, dyspareunia and groin pain.The device had been inserted 10 years previously following a termination of pregnancy.A bladder stone had formed on the arm of the T-shaped device.

The calculus was successfully lasered transurethrally and the intrauterine device was removed transvaginally.A urinary catheter was left on free drainage for four weeks and a follow-up cystogram showed no leak.Most complications related to intrauterine devices occur within days or weeks of Arnica Montana insertion but in this case the complications presented 10 years later.