"Gossypiboma" denotes a mass of cotton that is retained in the body after surgery.
An image is presented of a retroperitoneal mass in a lady who had a right nephrectomy 8 years earlier for a nonfunctioning kidney. Clinical examination and plain abdominal radiography were not contributory. Contrast-enhanced abdominal computed tomography revealed a well-defined, heterogeneous, spherical, soft-tissue mass, 13 × 9 × 9 cm in size, in the retroperitoneum, with a dense enhanced wall, abutting the right psoas and posterior abdominal wall. Exploration revealed an abdominal sponge surrounded by foreign body granuloma adherent to surrounding structures. Gossypiboma can mimic a tumor and is a diagnostic challenge.
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Jacob Philip George A, Paul Mukha R, Kekre NS. Are you the author?
Department of Urology Unit 1, Christian Medical College and Hospital Vellore, Vellore Town, Tamil Nadu, India; Department of Urology Unit 2, Christian Medical College and Hospital Vellore, Vellore Town, Tamil Nadu, India.
Reference: Urology. 2014 Aug 11. pii: S0090-4295(14)00630-X.
doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2014.06.018
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 25123428
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