An unusual cause of small bowel obstruction: Gossypiboma – case report
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The term "gossypiboma" denotes a mass of cotton that is retained in the body following surgery. Gossypiboma is a medico-legal problem especially for surgeons. To the best of our knowledge, the patient presented herein is th...
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The term "gossypiboma" denotes a mass of cotton that is retained in the body following surgery. Gossypiboma is a medico-legal problem especially for surgeons. To the best of our knowledge, the patient presented herein is the second reported patient in whom the exact site of migration of a retained surgical textile material into the intestinal lumen could be demonstrated by preoperative imaging studies.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>A 74-year-old woman presented with symptoms of small bowel obstruction due to incomplete intraluminal migration of a laparotomy towel 3 years after open cholecystectomy and umbilical hernia repair. Plain abdominal radiography did not show any sign of a radio-opaque marker in the abdomen. However, contrast enhanced abdominal computerized tomography revealed a round, well-defined soft-tissue mass with a dense, enhanced wall, containing an internal high-density area with air-bubbles in the mid-abdomen. A fistula between the abscess cavity containing the suspicious mass and gastrointestinal tract was identified by upper gastrointestinal series. The presence of a foreign body was considered. It was surgically removed with a partial small bowel resection followed by anastomosis.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Although gossypiboma is rarely seen in daily clinical practice, it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of acute mechanical intestinal obstruction in patients who underwent laparotomy previously. The best approach in the prevention of this condition can be achieved by meticulous count of surgical materials in addition to thorough exploration of surgical site at the conclusion of operations and also by routine use of surgical textile materials impregnated with a radio-opaque marker.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-16794a01273945a2aa419b80ca5260fa2022-12-21T23:38:03ZengBMCBMC Surgery1471-24822003-09-0131610.1186/1471-2482-3-6An unusual cause of small bowel obstruction: Gossypiboma – case reportInceoglu ResitGencosmanoglu Rasim<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The term "gossypiboma" denotes a mass of cotton that is retained in the body following surgery. Gossypiboma is a medico-legal problem especially for surgeons. To the best of our knowledge, the patient presented herein is the second reported patient in whom the exact site of migration of a retained surgical textile material into the intestinal lumen could be demonstrated by preoperative imaging studies.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>A 74-year-old woman presented with symptoms of small bowel obstruction due to incomplete intraluminal migration of a laparotomy towel 3 years after open cholecystectomy and umbilical hernia repair. Plain abdominal radiography did not show any sign of a radio-opaque marker in the abdomen. However, contrast enhanced abdominal computerized tomography revealed a round, well-defined soft-tissue mass with a dense, enhanced wall, containing an internal high-density area with air-bubbles in the mid-abdomen. A fistula between the abscess cavity containing the suspicious mass and gastrointestinal tract was identified by upper gastrointestinal series. The presence of a foreign body was considered. It was surgically removed with a partial small bowel resection followed by anastomosis.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Although gossypiboma is rarely seen in daily clinical practice, it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of acute mechanical intestinal obstruction in patients who underwent laparotomy previously. The best approach in the prevention of this condition can be achieved by meticulous count of surgical materials in addition to thorough exploration of surgical site at the conclusion of operations and also by routine use of surgical textile materials impregnated with a radio-opaque marker.</p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2482/3/6gossypibomaforeign bodiesretained surgical towelintestinal obstructionradiographyCT |
| spellingShingle | Inceoglu Resit Gencosmanoglu Rasim An unusual cause of small bowel obstruction: Gossypiboma – case report BMC Surgery gossypiboma foreign bodies retained surgical towel intestinal obstruction radiography CT |
| title | An unusual cause of small bowel obstruction: Gossypiboma – case report |
| title_full | An unusual cause of small bowel obstruction: Gossypiboma – case report |
| title_fullStr | An unusual cause of small bowel obstruction: Gossypiboma – case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | An unusual cause of small bowel obstruction: Gossypiboma – case report |
| title_short | An unusual cause of small bowel obstruction: Gossypiboma – case report |
| title_sort | unusual cause of small bowel obstruction gossypiboma case report |
| topic | gossypiboma foreign bodies retained surgical towel intestinal obstruction radiography CT |
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