Imaging of gossypibomas: self-assessment module

AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2009 Dec;193(6 Suppl):S102-5. doi: 10.2214/AJR.09.7188.

Abstract

The educational objectives of this self-assessment module are for the participants to exercise, self-assess, and improve their understanding of the most important features of gossypibomas and the role of imaging in the diagnosis of these masses.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Contrast Media
  • Diagnostic Imaging*
  • Foreign Bodies / complications
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnosis*
  • Foreign Bodies / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnosis*
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology
  • Postoperative Complications / physiopathology
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Risk Factors
  • Surgical Sponges*

Substances

  • Contrast Media