Migration of a contraceptive subdermal device into the lung.
10.5468/ogs.2017.60.3.314
- Author:
Ji Hui CHOI
1
;
Ha Yeon KIM
;
Sung Soo LEE
;
SiHyun CHO
Author Information
1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. sihyuncho@yuhs.ac
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Contraceptive implant;
Drug implant;
Foreign-body migration
- MeSH:
Adult;
Female;
Foreign-Body Migration;
Hand;
Humans;
Lung*;
Thorax
- From:Obstetrics & Gynecology Science
2017;60(3):314-317
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A single-rod subdermal contraceptive implant is usually located around the insertion site, has been usually known to migrate within less than 2 cm of the insertion site and the true migration over 2 cm has been rarely reported. We report a case of migrated radiopaque subdermal contraceptive implant into lung in a 37-year-old woman. On conducted chest computed tomography, subdermal contraceptive implant was in subsegmental branch in left posterior basal segment of lung. Removal of subdermal contraceptive implant in left posterior basal segment of lung by mini-thoracotomy was performed by a chest surgeon. Complications with insertion and removal of subdermal contraceptive implant are rare in the hands of medical professionals familiar with the techniques and these procedures should only be undertaken by those with relevant training. The migration over 2 cm should not occur if the correct subdermal insertion procedure is followed and carried out by a properly trained individual.
