Here today, Impla-gone tomorrow: Contraceptive implant travels to lung

The rogue rod slipped into the patient's circulatory system.
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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 migrate through a woman’s vascular system all the way to her lung.

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