Migration of a contraceptive subcutaneous device into the pulmonary artery. Report of a case

• Main Authors: Pierre-Marie Heudes (Author), Valerie Laigle Querat (Author), Eric Darnis (Author), Claire Defrance (Author), Frederic Douane (Author), Eric Frampas (Author)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Elsevier, 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
• Online dostop: Connect to this object online.

The case is about an 18 year-old woman who benefited of a radiopaque contraceptive implant (Nexplanon) inserted in the left arm. When she wanted to remove it, it couldn't be found by palpation, US, CT and MRI. A CXR and a thoracic CT scan were necessary to locate the implant, and the implant wa...