[A piece of needle of a cesarean section found 45 years later]

O Chanelles1, C Touboul, J Boujenah

  • 1Service de gynécologie-obstétrique, pôle Femme-et-Enfant, CHU Jean-Verdier, AP-HP, avenue du 14-Juillet, Bondy, France. ochanelles@gmail.com

We report the case of a patient who had a caesarian section 45 years ago in whom was discovered a piece of needle during assessment of an endometrial cancer. This piece of needle, close to the small bowel, was found inside a hysterotomy scar but no complication occurred during all this time.

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