Pseudo-sulfur granules associated with intrauterine contraceptive devices

American Journal of Clinical Pathology
P K O'BrienB A Davis

Abstract

A structure resembling a sulfur granule found in histologic sections of endometrium from patients with intrauterine contraceptive devices is described. It is distinguished from a true sulfur granule on morphologic grounds and is further characterized as a foreign substance, most probably fragments of the synthetic contraceptive device. It is not associated with clinical disease. Microbiologic cultures of removed intrauterine contraceptive devices show no consistent or predominant growth pattern.

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Apr 24, 2019·Biomedical Papers of the Medical Faculty of the University Palacký, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia·Ivo StarekRichard Salzman
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Nov 2, 2004·Obstetrics and Gynecology·Jeffrey F Peipert
Jun 1, 1987·Advances in Contraception : the Official Journal of the Society for the Advancement of Contraception·E Persson

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