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<Articles JournalTitle="Acta Medica Iranica">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Acta Medica Iranica</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>0044-6025</Issn>
      <Volume>48</Volume>
      <Issue>2</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2010</Year>
        <Month>04</Month>
        <Day>15</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Pelvic Mass Due to Transmigrated IUD</title>
    <FirstPage>125</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>126</LastPage>
    <Language>EN</Language>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Nadereh</FirstName>
        <LastName>Behtash</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Gynecology Oncology, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Setareh</FirstName>
        <LastName>Akhavan</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Gynecology Oncology, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Sara</FirstName>
        <LastName>Mokhtar</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Gynecology Oncology, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2015</Year>
        <Month>09</Month>
        <Day>28</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Intrauterine device (IUD), a conventional method of contraception is rarely associated with uterine perforation and extra uterine dislocation. A 29 years old woman complaining of vaginal bleeding was referred for pelvic mass identified in ultrasound. The mass was confirmed with CT scan. In laparatomy we found an IUD in cul-de-sac and pelvic mass was apparently an organized hematoma. Transmigrated IUD can induce organized hematomas presenting as a pelvic mass.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/3663</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/download/3663/3638</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
