Abstract:Background: Large foreign body granulomas and pseudotumors resulting from retained surgical material or stitches (textilomas) are extremely rare and their clinical characteristics depend on the anatomic site that they occur. Objective: We present the case of a 77-year-old female with a history of right donor nephrectomy for renal transplantation 13 years before her admission, complaining of a swollen right leg and a painful right groin during the previous 3 weeks. Venous duplex sonography, CT and MRI scans dep… Show more
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