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The red arrow points to the IUD in the bladder, while the white arrow points to a second IUD inserted in the uterus.
(Wei Chai; Wenlei Zhang; Guifeng Jia; Miao Cui; Lifeng Cui/CC BY-SA 4.0)
A woman’s IUD that appeared to be “missing” from her uterus turned up in an unusual place: her bladder.
The woman, a 26-year-old in Changchun, China, went to the doctor because of bladder problems, including increased frequency of urination and blood in her urine, along with pain in her abdomen, according to a report of the woman’s case. The patient said she’d had these symptoms for the past five years, and previous treatments hadn’t helped.
In addition, she’d had an intrauterine device, or IUD, inserted six years ago, her doctors said. But she’d become pregnant while she had the IUD, and gave birth to the baby via cesarean section in 2012. Doctors didn’t find any signs of her IUD during the…
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