Case of the Month - Retained Laparotomy Sponge (Gossypiboma)

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Case of the Month - Retained Laparotomy Sponge (Gossypiboma)

Posted 02/18/2004

* Brown, MD; Schabel, MD*

Case Summary

A 42-year-old woman presented with a 5-month history of abdominal pain,

nausea, and vomiting. Physical examination revealed a palpable

epigastric mass. The patient had undergone an elective transabdominal

hysterectomy for uterine leiomyomata 5 months earlier. Her medical

history and laboratory values were unremarkable. An abdominal computed

tomography (CT) scan was performed (Figure 1).

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