Here today, Impla-gone tomorrow: contraceptive implant travels to woman’s lung

The rogue rod slipped into her circulatory system and moved through her body
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Sure, IUDs have been known to go MIA from time to time, but in this “very rare case”, a subcutaneous contraceptive managed to hitch a lift in a woman’s vascular system all the way to her lung.

The 31-year-old was referred for removal of the Implanon rod after reporting a three-month history of abnormal uterine bleeding.