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Research from Yonsei University, Medical Department yields new data on gynecology

Published in Women's Health Weekly, April 3rd, 2008

"Displacement of an intrauterine device (IUD) through the perforation site is a rare but one of the major complications," researchers in Seoul, South Korea report.

"Theoretically, an extrauterine IUD can be located anywhere in the abdominopelvic cavity. It may be asymptomatic or may cause serious complications, including infection, fistula, organ perforation, or bowel obstruction," wrote H.R. Koo and colleagues, Yonsei University, Medical Department.

The researchers concluded: "However, there is no report of IUD located within an ovarian carcinoma to our knowledge, and our report is the first case of an IUD found in the center of an ovarian...

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