Gossypiboma: Retained Surgical Sponge after a Gynecologic Procedure

Aziz Sümer; M. Ali Çarparlar; Ömer Uslukaya; Vedat Bayrak; Çetin Kotan; Ozgur Kemik; Umit Iliklerden

doi:10.1155/2010/917626

Case Reports in Medicine (Jan 2010)

Gossypiboma: Retained Surgical Sponge after a Gynecologic Procedure

Aziz Sümer,
M. Ali Çarparlar,
Ömer Uslukaya,
Vedat Bayrak,
Çetin Kotan,
Ozgur Kemik,
Umit Iliklerden

Affiliations

Aziz Sümer: Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Yüzüncü Yil University, 65200 Van, Turkey
M. Ali Çarparlar: Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Yüzüncü Yil University, 65200 Van, Turkey
Ömer Uslukaya: Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Yüzüncü Yil University, 65200 Van, Turkey
Vedat Bayrak: Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Yüzüncü Yil University, 65200 Van, Turkey
Çetin Kotan: Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Yüzüncü Yil University, 65200 Van, Turkey
Ozgur Kemik: Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Yüzüncü Yil University, 65200 Van, Turkey
Umit Iliklerden: Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Yüzüncü Yil University, 65200 Van, Turkey

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/917626
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2010

Abstract

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We report on a case of gossypiboma. A 54-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with abdominal mass. She had undergone a caesarean operation 23 years previously. The mass in the right abdominal quadrant was suspected by abdominal computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. The mass was removed by laparotomy excision and the final diagnosis was gossypiboma.

Published in Case Reports in Medicine

ISSN: 1687-9627 (Print); 1687-9635 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1683

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