Avaliação por imagem dos gossipibomas abdominais*.

Chagas Neto, Francisco Abaeté das; Agnollitt, Paulo Moraes; Mauad, Fernando Marum; Façanha Barreto, André Rodrigues; Muglia, Valdair Francisco; Junior, Jorge Elias

Gossypiboma is a term utilized to describe a mass developed from a matrix of cotton fibers surrounded by inflammatory granulomatous reaction. Its incidence is estimated at 0.15% to 0.2% of laparotomies. A foreign body within the abdominal cavity may provide a niche for proliferation of microorganisms, acting as primary focus for development of an abscess and peritonitis. Several studies have demonstrated the relevance of clinical correlation with the findings of different imaging methods (conventional radiography, ultrasonography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging) in the diagnosis of gossypibomas. The present pictorial essay is aimed at demonstrating a series of typical cases of abdominal gossypibomas and illustrating the several presentations of such mass, with emphasis on the findings at different imaging methods in order to familiarize radiologists with this entity and with the main differential diagnosis.

SURGICAL complications; MEDICAL imaging systems; ABDOMINAL radiography; ULTRASONIC imaging of the abdomen; ABDOMEN; TOMOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC resonance imaging

Radiologia Brasileira, 2012, Vol 45, Issue 1, p53

0100-3984

Academic Journal

10.1590/S0100-39842012000100012