CASE 269: IUD PENETRATION, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, Dr JASMINE THANH XUÂN, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM

WOMAN  53 YO WHO HAD  AN IUD INSERTED FOR 16 YEARS , IN ROUTINE CHECK- UP BY  ABDOMEN ULTRASOUND (US) DETECTED  ONE MASS  OF URINARY BLADDER WHICH WAS LIKE  T SHAPE IUD  IN  PENETRATION  FROM  UTERUS  LUMEN TO URINARY BLADDER  WALL(SEE 4 US IMAGES). 

FOR  MAKE SURE THIS IUD IN PENETRATION TO URINARY BLADDER, ABDOMINAL MSCT  WAS DONE.(SEE 3  CT PICTURES).

For evaluation intra urinary bladder tip of  IUD or not, cystoscopy  detected one mass edema  of mucosa near  right  ureteral meatus (see photo).

This patient refused   treatment, returning home.

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