Metallic staples line mimicking a retained surgical sponge

The inadvertent loss of surgical sponges remains a dreadful hazard of surgery. We report the case of a patient with a medical history of myotonic dystrophy type 1 who had received a right upper lobectomy for the treatment of a stage IIA (pT1N1M0) well differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma. In the...

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Main Authors: L Cardinale, C Fava, N Dervisci, D Najada, P Borasio, F Ardissone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2010-05-01
Series:Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology
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Online Access:https://www.jbsr.be/articles/332