title: [A long-time presence of a foreign body in an episiotomy scar].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The object of our study was a long-time presence of a foreign body in an episiotomy scar.
  
  
  METHODS
  A case of 46-year old woman with a palpable tumour in a perineal region is described.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This false tumour was caused by a surgical needle which was left in the body of the patient 19 years ago during the episiorrhaphy after the last labour.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Because of a character and localisation of the change the method of choice was surgical treatment which completely eliminated all symptoms.
authors.affiliation: II Kliniki Ginekologiczno-Połozniczej Instytutu Połoznictwa i Chorób Kobiecych Akademii Medycznej, Gdańsku.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lapińska
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tokarska
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Emerich
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sobol
mesh_terms: D004715:Endometriosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D004841:Episiotomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Wieloletnia obecność ciała obcego w bliźne po nacieciu krocza.