title: [Encysted gossypiboma of the lesser omentum: complementary aspects of echography and computerized tomography].
abstract: The authors report the fortuitous demonstration of an asymptomatic gossypiboma during the preoperative staging of a rectal carcinoma 13 years after abdominal surgery for perforated gastric ulcer. Ultrasonography disclosed a well-defined hypoechoic mass containing highly echogenic foci with a strong posterior shadow. The CT findings are reported, as well as the complementary aspects of sonography. Differential diagnosis from tumors of the lesser omentum is also presented.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Erasme, Bruxelles, Belgique.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Braude
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Van Gansbeke
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aguilera
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cassart
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lalmand
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Struyven
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003368:Gossypium; D006801:Humans; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000009:adverse effects; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Gossypibome enkysté du petit épiploon: complémentarité de l'échographie et de la tomodensitométrie computérisée.