title: Ultrasonographic appearance of intra-abdominal granuloma secondary to retained surgical sponge.
abstract: This report describes two animals (one dog and one cat) with a retained surgical sponge. Both had nonspecific clinical signs. Clinical examination, ultrasonography and cytologic examination were used to identify an abdominal mass compatible with a granuloma. The lesions were surgically removed and confirmed histologically as granulomas secondary to a retained sponge. The ultrasonographic appearance was very similar in both animals.
authors.affiliation: Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Lyon, Department of diagnositc imaging, MARCY-L'ETOILE-France.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Maï
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ledieu
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Venturini
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fournel
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fau
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Palazzi
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Magnol
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002415:Cats; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary*; D015503:Surgical Sponges; D014463:Ultrasonography