Retained surgical sponge after laparotomy. Unusual presentation.
Erosion of a retained surgical sponge into the intestine is an unusual occurrence and may make its appearance months or years later. The demonstration of a distended bowel by the barium-impregnated mass with multiple polypoidal filling defects in a patient who has undergone previous laparotomy should lead the physician to suspect a retained surgical sponge. Surgical intervention is rewarding.
D000328:Adult; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D007813:Laparotomy; D010537:Peritoneum; D011859:Radiography