Gossypiboma—Abdominal Textiloma: Report of a Case

Abstract

Abstract:The intra-abdominal gossypiboma is an uncommon surgical error. Herein, we report a male patient 48 years old, has been operated twice: the first time for hydati liver cyst, the second time for abdominal trauma. He was admitted, twelve years after, to the Emergencies Care Unit at Hospital Ibn Tofail (Marrakech) with a chronic evolution of abdominal pain and parietal fistula, through image studies the diagnosis was recurrence of hydatic hepatic cyst. An exploratory laparotomy has shown retained surgical sponge and it was extracted with a good post-surgery evolution.