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Management of a missing Mirena
BMJ 2024; 386 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-080355 (Published 11 July 2024) Cite this as: BMJ 2024;386:e080355
- Furat Sankary, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist,
- Hamza Katali, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist,
- Emily Prosser, patient author
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Wye Valley Hospital, Hereford, UK
- Correspondence to: F Sankary Furat.Sankary{at}NHS.net
EP: Ten days after I had an intrauterine system (IUS) inserted, I developed constant and severe pain in my left shoulder. My general practitioner (GP) arranged magnetic resonance image (MRI) scans of my shoulder, neck, and spine, which showed nothing to explain the pain I was experiencing. I also started to experience double vision in my right eye, tinnitus, and sporadic full hearing loss (fig 1).
Fig 1
Given the …
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