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  • Title: Chronic kidney disease after vesico-vaginal stone formation around a migrated intrauterine device.
    Author: Karsmakers R, Weis-Potters AE, Buijs G, Joustra EB.
    Journal: BMJ Case Rep; 2010 Jul 23; 2010():. PubMed ID: 22767627.
    Abstract:
    Although the intrauterine device (IUD) seems a reliable and relatively safe method of contraception, it may cause serious complications. A rare complication is uterus perforation. Intravesical migration and secondary calculus formation is exceptionally uncommon. The authors report on a 75-year-old woman in whom a 'forgotten' migrated IUD resulted in vesico-vaginal fistula formation and chronic kidney disease, 39 years after insertion.
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