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- Title
Recurrent gossypiboma in the thigh.
- Authors
Ajay Puri; Chetan Anchan; Nirmala Jambhekar; Manish Agarwal; Rajendra Badwe
- Abstract
Abstract  Gossypiboma, an iatrogenic mass lesion caused by a retained surgical sponge is an extremely rare event following musculoskeletal procedures. This entity is therefore a very unusual experience and can create considerable confusion. Unsuspecting surgeons may thus be caught out by this unlikely presentation. We present our experience with a recurrent gossypiboma in the thigh occurring several years after surgical evacuation of a similar gossypiboma from the same anatomic location with interval resolution of symptoms. The purpose of this case report is to highlight the possibility of a ârecurrentâ soft tissue mass occurring for reasons other than a neoplasm. In the absence of a definitive biopsy diagnosis of tumor in patients who have undergone prior surgical procedures in that area, it may be more prudent to adopt a conservative surgical resection rather than a conventional radical resection as warranted by the dramatic clinical presentation mimicking a soft tissue sarcoma.
- Subjects
SARCOMA; TUMORS; THIGH; BIOPSY; IATROGENIC diseases
- Publication
Skeletal Radiology, 2007, Vol 36, Issue 0, p95
- ISSN
0364-2348
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00256-006-0200-7