Forgotten needle--an unusual cause of chronic pelvic pain

Malhotra, N.; Roy, K.K.; Sinha, A.

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics 269(1): 68-69

2003


ISSN/ISBN: 0932-0067
PMID: 12928933
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-002-0380-x
Document Number: 261162
A case presented with chronic pelvic pain since a Fothergills repair 9 years back. Over the years she had received multiple courses of antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs to no avail. Thorough evaluation revealed the presence of a foreign body in the form of a surgical needle in the cervix.

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Forgotten needle--an unusual cause of chronic pelvic pain