title: Preoperatively recognized chronically retained pararenal gauzoma.
abstract: A granuloma caused by a forgotten laparotomy gauze (gauzoma) was suspected in a patient with general symptoms, a well-defined pararenal mass on computed tomography and a history of retroperitoneal surgery, and was subsequently confirmed at surgery. The image diagnosis of retained surgical sponges is briefly reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Urology Service, Fundación Puigvert, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Fariña
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Villavicencio
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chechile
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney; D015503:Surgical Sponges; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography