title: MR features of a 24-year-old gossypiboma. A case report.
abstract: Retained surgical sponges can cause serious diagnostic problems. We report on our experience with a piece of gauze, encapsulated for 24 years, that mimicked a soft-tissue neoplasm, and we describe its MR features.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St. Joseph Hospital, Veldhoven, Netherlands.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Roumen
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Weerdenburg
mesh_terms: D002081:Buttocks / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000175:diagnosis; D003368:Gossypium; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D015503:Surgical Sponges; D013997:Time Factors