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CASE REPORT
Pelvic gossypiboma with spontaneous intravesical erosion
  1. Prabhjot Singh⇑,
  2. Sridhar Panaiyadiyan,
  3. Brusabhanu Nayak
  1. Department of Urology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Prabhjot Singh, drprabhjotsingh{at}gmail.com

Summary

A 23-year-old man presented with chronic lower urinary tract symptoms and right flank pain. He had undergone ureterolithotomy a few years ago. Ultrasonography and CT of the abdomen and pelvis showed a right paravesical mass and proximal hydroureteronephrosis. Cystoscopic examination revealed a part of surgical gauze embedded in the right lateral wall of the bladder. The surgical gauze was completely retrieved with grasping forceps without any additional procedures. The patient experienced prompt relief of his symptoms and at follow-up, imaging studies revealed resolution of the pelvic mass and non-obstructed clearance of right-side collecting system. Pelvic gossypiboma with partial intravesical erosion is an unusual presentation and can be managed successfully by cystoscopic manipulation.

  • Urological surgery

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2016-219173

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