title: [Current radiologic diagnosis of retained surgical gauze].
abstract: Four cases are presented of surgical compresses retained in the abdominal cavity that were studied by simple radiology, gastrointestinal transit, echography and/or computerized tomography. Depending on their location, they appeared as heterogeneous intra- or extraluminal masses, often containing air or calcifications. The radiological findings, as well as the existence of surgical antecedents, allowed the preoperative diagnosis of the lesion in all the cases.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Puig Domingo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pérez Martínez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Palmer Sancho
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Llauger Rosselló
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: De Marcos Izquierdo
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D015503:Surgical Sponges; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Diagnóstico radiológico actual de gasas quirúrgicas retenidas.