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KMID : 0356720100260060433
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Journal of the Korean Society of Coloproctology
2010 Volume.26 No. 6 p.433 ~ p.436
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Penetration of the Descending Colon by a Migrating Intrauterine Contraceptive Device
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Park Jung-Min
Lee Chang-Seog
Kim Min-Seong
Kim Do-Young
Kim Chul-Young
Lim Young-Bae
Lee Yong-Kyu
Park Dong-Eun
Lee Dong-Hyun
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Abstract
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Foreign bodies in the gastrointestinal tract often cause serious complications, such as perforation, obstruction, abscess formation, or hemorrhage. This is a case in which a patient visited our hospital and complained of a vague lower abdominal pain that had been present for three months. She had an intrauterine device (IUD) inserted five years earlier. The abdominal X-ray, computed tomography and colonoscopy revealed that the IUD had penetrated into the descending colon. We tried to remove the IUD by colonoscopy but failed due to pain, so we removed the IUD surgically. Thus, we report a case in which a previously inserted IUD had penetrated into the descending colon and was surgically removed. We also present a brief review of the literature.
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KEYWORD
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Foreign bodies, Intrauterine contraceptive device, Colon perforation
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