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CASE REPORT
Gossypiboma as a rare cause of abdominal mass
  1. Afra Yildirim,
  2. Hakan İmamoğlu,
  3. Aslı Erzurumdağ,
  4. Serap Doğan
  1. Department of Radiology, Erciyes University, School of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey
  1. Correspondence to Dr Afra Yildirim, drafrayildirim{at}hotmail.com

Summary

Gossypiboma is a reaction to a foreign body/object left accidentally inside a patient as a consequence of surgery. This phenomenon may be overlooked due to its rarity or under-reported due to possible repercussions. We report an intra-abdominal gossypiboma that was misdiagnosed on ultrasound, and discuss its radiological findings.

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