[Intrathoracic textilomas: radiologic findings (case report)]

Tani Girisim Radyol. 2004 Dec;10(4):280-3.
[Article in Turkish]

Abstract

Aretained surgical sponge (gossypiboma, textiloma) is a rare complication of surgery. Radiological appearances of textilomas change according to the type of the reaction they cause in the body. Patients are usually asymptomatic for a long time after the operation. Most reports in the literature relate to the US and CT appearances of textilomas in the abdomen. However, there are a few reports describing findings of intrathoracic textilomas. We report the radiologic findings of intrathoracic textilomas in three cases.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnosis*
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging*
  • Foreign Bodies / pathology
  • Foreign Bodies / surgery
  • Granuloma, Foreign-Body / diagnosis
  • Granuloma, Foreign-Body / diagnostic imaging
  • Granuloma, Foreign-Body / pathology
  • Granuloma, Foreign-Body / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Thorax*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed