2009
DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.109.849794
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Forty-Year-Old Intrathoracic Gossypiboma After Cardiac Valve Surgery

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“…These forms are not uncommon and most often discovered fortuitously many years after the surgery. Some published cases were diagnosed after forty years [3].…”
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“…These forms are not uncommon and most often discovered fortuitously many years after the surgery. Some published cases were diagnosed after forty years [3].…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Also, we have no postoperative radiography, but we suppose that the retained sponge was missed in all the postoperative exams. Detection of textiloma in radiography is often hard even with radio opaque element [3]. Also, in trans-thoracic echocardiography, textiloma is usually confounded with haematoma.…”
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“…O termo Gossipiboma (gossypium de algodão e boma de oculto) é usado para descrever uma massa formada a partir de uma matriz de algodão envolvida por uma reacção inflamatória/granulomatosa [1][2][3][4] . É uma iatrogenia cirúrgica rara (1 caso em cada 1500 cirurgias 1 ) mas provavelmente subreportada dado as implicações ético-legais, sendo o tórax o terceiro local mais frequente (precedido do abdómen e pélvis), particularmente a nível do pericárdio e pleura 2 .…”
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“…A demora média de diagnóstico é de 6,9 anos, sendo a mediana 2,2 anos após o acto cirúrgico 2 . Há descrição de Gossipiboma diagnosticado 40 anos após cirurgia cardíaca valvular 3 . Em 6% dos casos os doentes estão assintomáticos e o diagnóstico é acidental 2 .…”
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