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MEDISAN
On-line version ISSN 1029-3019
Abstract
SILVA MERINO, Guillermo; ASTORGA NAVARRO, Milagros and GUTIERREZ RODRIGUEZ, Antonio. Vesical pseudotumor due to an intra-uterine device. MEDISAN [online]. 2018, vol.22, n.6, pp. 441-445. ISSN 1029-3019.
The case report of a patient assisted in "Conrado Benítez García" Teaching Provincial Cancer Hospital in Santiago de Cuba is described, due to a bladder perforation and displacement of an intra-uterine device toward the vesical cavity, which generated the lithiasis formation and, consequently, emergence of frequent urinary infections and pain in lower abdomen, without any improvement with therapy. It was decided to carry out a cystotomy to extract the lithiasis compacted with the copper T; the patient had a favorable clinical course and the symptoms disappeared
Keywords : vesical perforation; vesical lithiasis; intra-uterine devices; cystotomy.