Anterior mediastinal gossypiboma

Developmental Biology

关键词: MRI;    CT;    GCT;   

DOI  :  10.2484/rcr.v6i1.481

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: University of Washington * Department of Radiology

【 摘 要 】

A retained surgical sponge (gossypiboma) is a rare but serious complication of surgery; most cases occur after intra-abdominal surgery. Intrathoracic gossypiboma is extremely rare, with only a handful of reported cases, most of which are associated with pulmonary surgery (1�?5). Although almost all surgical sponges contain a radiopaque marker, usually a barium sulfate filament, detection of a retained sponge can be very difficult, particularly when its presence is not suspected. We present a case of anterior mediastinal gossypiboma following repair of subaortic stenosis in which the sponge marker was mistaken for a sternal suture wire on chest radiographs.

【 授权许可】

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