When an IUD went MIA
The case of the ‘missing’ contraceptive
![IUD scan](https://www.ausdoc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/must-see-iud-abdomen_melindanichols.jpg)
This woman’s intrauterine device turned out to be more extrauterine when it eroded through her uterus and wandered into her abdominal cavity, where it remained undetected for over a decade.
Melinda Nichols, from Ohio in the US, had the contraceptive inserted back in 2007, the New York Post reported.