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Case Reports
. 1992 Oct-Dec;16(4):259-62.
doi: 10.1016/0899-7071(92)90009-x.

Magnetic resonance imaging of retained surgical sponges. Case report

H Sugimura  1 , S Tamura, Y Kakitsubata, S Kakitsubata, O Uwada, Y Kihara, M Nagatomo, K Watanabe
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Magnetic resonance imaging of retained surgical sponges. Case report

H Sugimura et al. Clin Imaging. 1992 Oct-Dec.

Abstract

The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features of sponges retained postsurgically in three patients are described. MRI depicted these as well-defined round masses, which were of low signal intensity on T1-weighted images and very high signal intensity on T2-weighted images. We scrutinized these masses on T2-weighted images. MRI revealed the low-signal-intensity structures to have wavy, striped, and/or spotted appearances, which raised the suspicion that they might be retained surgical sponges within mass lesions.

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