Chronic kidney disease after vesico-vaginal stone formation around a migrated intrauterine device

BMJ Case Rep. 2010 Jul 23:2010:bcr1220092547. doi: 10.1136/bcr.12.2009.2547.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Escherichia coli Infections / diagnosis
  • Escherichia coli Infections / etiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intrauterine Device Migration / adverse effects*
  • Renal Dialysis
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / diagnosis
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / etiology*
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / therapy
  • Urinary Bladder Calculi / diagnosis
  • Urinary Bladder Calculi / etiology*
  • Urinary Bladder Calculi / surgery
  • Urinary Incontinence / diagnosis
  • Urinary Incontinence / etiology*
  • Urinary Incontinence / surgery
  • Urinary Tract Infections / diagnosis
  • Urinary Tract Infections / microbiology