[Endometritis and abortion by association of Lippes' loop and pregnancy with intraplacental insertion of the apparatus]. / Endométrie et avortement par association de boucle de Lippes et grossesse avec insertion intra-placentaire de l'appareil.

PIP: A case of spontaneous abortion of a 3 1/2 month gestation, 6 months after insertion of a Lippes loop is described briefly. The 34-year old multipara had experienced bleeding, diagnosed by X-ray as malposition of the IUD. Histologic examination of the placenta revealed necrotic lesions infiltrated with fibrin and polymorphonuclear leucocytes, alternating with intact, often double-layered chorion and glands also infiltrated with polymorphonuclear leucocytes.^ieng