EMBOLIZATION OF IMPLANON DEVICES – LUNG SPARING VIDEOASSISTED THORACIC SURGERY
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https://doi.org/10.48729/pjctvs.37Keywords:
contraceptive implant, implanon, lung embolizationAbstract
A 31-year-old-woman with an etonogestrel implant on her left upper arm presented with unfavorable change in her menstrual bleeding pattern and requested for its removal. The non-palpable device was perceptible in the left hemithorax by radiography. Thoracic computed-tomography showed migration to a sublobar branch of the left lower pulmonary artery. Despite the absence of thoracic symptoms and the lack of management guidelines, the device was removed by a lung sparing approach with videoassisted thoracic surgery, due to the unknown long-term effect of the embolized implant.
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