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Levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system as a therapy for repeated pelvic abscess combined with genital deformity: a case report
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, West China Second Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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Key Laboratory of Birth defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu, China
*Correspondence: 13980079129@163.com (JIAYING RUAN)
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2019, 46(3), 497–499;
https://doi.org/10.12891/ceog4594.2019
Published: 10 June 2019
Abstract
A 33-year-old woman who had vaginoplasty 16 years prior because of atresia of upper one-third vagina developed repeated pelvic abscess, fever, and abdominal pain because of menstrual blood backflow. After anti-infection therapy, abscess incision, and GnRH-a treatment, the abscess could not be cured. In the end the authors inserted a levonorgestrel intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) into the uterine cavity. The abscess became small gradually and disappeared at last. At follow-up at one year, the abscess has not recurred.
Keywords
LNG-IUS
Pelvic abscess
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