title: A remarkable subhepatic tumour.
abstract: Although foreign-body pseudotumours are not particularly rare, the diagnosis is not often considered. The case history is presented of a patient with a surgical gauze left after a cholecystectomy performed 23 years before. The incidence of these pseudotumours and the variety of clinical pictures in relation to the condition are described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St. Joannes de Deo Hospital, Haarlem, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sok
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Boerma
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D002763:Cholecystectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D015503:Surgical Sponges / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed