We report the case of a patient arrived because of urological symptoms characterized by terminal hematuria, strangury and dysuria due to migration into the bladder of an intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD) placed 14 years before and penetrated into the bladder with formation of lithiasis. These cases have already been described in literature, but the particular feature of this case is that the patient had been pregnant and had a eutocic delivery, she never voluntarily removed the IUD and nor was it found during a gynecologic laparoscopy. The patient underwent the surgical removal of the IUD and of the bladder stone, without detecting adjacent connective routes between uterus and bladder.
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