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Case Reports
. 2004 Nov;20(11):567-71.
doi: 10.1016/S1607-551X(09)70260-8.

Imaging of transmural migration of a retained surgical sponge: a case report

Kwok-Wan Yeung  1 , Ming-Sung Chang, Jee-Fu Huang
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Case Reports

Imaging of transmural migration of a retained surgical sponge: a case report

Kwok-Wan Yeung et al. Kaohsiung J Med Sci. 2004 Nov.

Abstract

A 61-year-old woman who had undergone a hysterectomy 15 years before this presentation had suffered from intermittent abdominal pain and a palpable lower abdominal mass for 3 months. Plain roentgenography revealed a radiopaque mass with serpiginous density in the pelvic region. Sonography showed curvilinear hyperechogenicity with an acoustic shadow. A small-bowel series revealed a huge amorphous filling defect inside the ileum. Computed tomography showed that the mass was a spongiform object with a whirl-like appearance mixed with air and with peripheral calcification.

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