Diagnostic challenges in patients with tumors: case 1. Gossypiboma (foreign body) manifesting 30 years after laparotomy

J Clin Oncol. 2003 Oct 1;21(19):3700-1. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2003.02.092.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Fibrosis / etiology
  • Foreign-Body Reaction / diagnosis*
  • Foreign-Body Reaction / pathology
  • Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Humans
  • Hysterectomy
  • Laparotomy / adverse effects*
  • Lymphoma / diagnosis*
  • Lymphoma / pathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Sarcoma / diagnosis*
  • Sarcoma / pathology
  • Surgical Sponges / adverse effects*
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed