A Bizarre Abdominal Cystic Lesion
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https://doi.org/10.6092/1590-8577/3441Keywords:
Abdominal Abscess, Abdominal Pain, Surgical Sponges, Tomography, Spiral ComputedAbstract
In spite of careful intraoperative precautions and gauze counts, mistakes can still occur during surgery. In the case reported, a retained gauze leaved during a surgical approach for removing a solid-cystic papillary tumor localized in the pancreatic tail, caused both persistent abdominal discomfort and the presence of an abdominal cystic lesion at imaging techniques. When a previous operative history is present, a foreign body should be taken into account in the differential diagnosis of a patient with an intra-abdominal cystic mass. Finally, radio-opaque marker should be routinely used by surgeons in order to reach a correct diagnosis in operated patients having retained gauze.
Image: The cyst was then opened ...
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