A curious case of missing couplet IUCDs

Mridula A BENJAMIN and Aruna KEKRE

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, RIPAS Hospital, Brunei Darussalam.

ABSTRACT

Intrauterine contraceptive device (IUCD) is one of the most widely used family planning methods. Although considered to be generally safe, it can be associated with problems such as missing IUCD. There have been many reports of isolated missing IUCD but reports of two missing IUCDs in the same patient are very rare. We report the case of a 35-year-old lady with such an occurrence that was diagnosed incidentally on a routine kidney, ureter and bladder (KUB) radiography.

Keywords: Complications, contraception methods, intra-uterine contraceptive device, migrations

Correspondence author: Mridula A BENJAMIN, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, RIPAS Hospital, Bandar Seri Begawan BA 1710,  Brunei Darussalam. Tel: +673 2242424 Ext 6438, Fax: +673 2242690

E mail: mridulaben@yahoo.com

Brunei Int Med J. 2012; 8 (4): 189-192