Gossypiboma revisited: A never ending issue

Rabie, Mohamed; Hosni, Mohammad Hassan; Safty, Alaa Al; Jarallah, Manea Al; Ghaleb, Fadel Hussain

doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2015.12.032

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“…Technological advances are now being studied to prevent human error. Radio frequency tagging, barcoding sponges and radio wave detection of impregnated specialized magnetic metal are some of the recent innovations under consideration [ [14] , [15] , [16] ].…”

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Transmigration and spontaneous passage of a gossypiboma documented on contrast study

Butt

Shafiq

Umar

et al. 2019

Annals of Medicine and Surgery

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Gossypiboma or textiloma is a rare but very unfortunate complication of surgery. It refers to a retained foreign body usually forgotten within the abdominal cavity at the end of an operation. It may be a surgical sponge, gauze pad or other form of textile.We present the case of a middle aged lady who following cholecystectomy had a forgotten gauze which underwent transmural migration and was later expelled via the rectum demonstrated by radiological studies.

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Transmigration and spontaneous passage of a gossypiboma documented on contrast study

Butt

Shafiq

Umar

et al. 2019

Annals of Medicine and Surgery

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“…Gossypibomas are frequently diagnosed in the intraabdominal cavity. Moreover, they can also be encountered in the thorax [3,4], extremities [5], central nervous system [6] and breast. Clinical onset and presentation may vary from immediate postoperative period to several decades after surgery [7].…”

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“…Linear densities with a peculiar infolding or whorled configuration suggest a towel [4,10]. Sponges and gel foam tablets resembles low-attenuation masses with multiple gas bubbles [5,10]. Wall calcifications are easy distinguished on CT as a dense peripheral ring.…”

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“…The pathognomonic key features on CT scan are mottled, bubbly gas shadows of a heterogeneous, low density mass with a thick peripheral rim. The most characteristic CT appearance of textiloma is the spongiform pattern with gas bubbles [5]. Specific features could be helpful to precise the type of the retained material and are mentioned in the discussion below.…”

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Diagnostic Value of US and CT in an Unusual Case of Asymptomatic Intrauterine Gossypiboma

Hadjidekov¹,

Dayana²,

Maria³

et al. 2018

Int. J. Gynecol. Obstet. & Neona. Care

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Foreign-body material such as surgical sponge, accidentally retained in the human body, is termed gossypiboma or textiloma. This may result in foreign-body reaction with severe surgical complications if left unknown. Computed tomography (CT) and ultrasound (US) are preferred methods for detection of gossypibomas. The radiologic features on CT are characteristic whatever in any location-spongiform mass with gas bubbles, low-density mass with a thin enhancing capsule and calcified depositions along the network architecture of a surgical sponge. US also provides a typical appearance of hypoechoic or anechoic mass with distal loss of signal. Surgical removal is mandatory considering the amount of possible complications. We present a case of rare localization of asymptomatic intrauterine gossypiboma and discuss the common US and CT features of this infrequent entity.

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“…Gossypiboma is left over intra‐abdominal mops . Risk factors for development include emergency operation, unexpected change in operation, more than one surgical team involved, change in nursing staff during procedure, body mass index, volume of blood loss, female sex, and surgical counts .…”

Section: Surgical Quizmentioning

confidence: 99%