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Case Reports
. 2018 Oct 22:38:42-44.
doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2018.10.022. eCollection 2019 Feb.

Transmigration and spontaneous passage of a gossypiboma documented on contrast study

Usman Ismat Butt  1 , Abu Baker Shafiq  1 , Muhammad Umar  1 , Maryam Ashfaq  1 , Mahmood Ayyaz  1
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Case Reports

Transmigration and spontaneous passage of a gossypiboma documented on contrast study

Usman Ismat Butt et al. Ann Med Surg (Lond). .

Abstract

Gossypiboma or textiloma is a rare but very unfortunate complication of surgery. It refers to a retained foreign body usually forgotten within the abdominal cavity at the end of an operation. It may be a surgical sponge, gauze pad or other form of textile. We present the case of a middle aged lady who following cholecystectomy had a forgotten gauze which underwent transmural migration and was later expelled via the rectum demonstrated by radiological studies.

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X-ray at 1 hour showing gauze in terminal small gut.
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X-ray at 4 hour showing gauze in ascending colon.
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X-ray at 5 hour showing gauze in transverse colon.
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X-ray at 6 hour showing gauze in descedning colon.
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