The purpose of this study was to provide a rare case of a forgotten Delbet blade on the drainage site of a patient who underwent laparotomy for peritonitis drainage. After 20 years of evolution, the diagnosis of a voluminous mass on the left flank due to a foreign object was done based on clinical, scanning evidence and surgical exploration.
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