title: [Retroperitoneal foreign body mimicking pararenal tumor].
abstract: We report the case of a 48 year-old woman presently with a pararenal tumor, with a history of pyelotomy in 1978 for the extraction of a renal pelvic stones. Results of surgery showed a foreign body. The clinical and diagnostic aspects of retained surgical gauze have been discussed and the need for radio-opaque markers in them have been emphasized.
authors: Service d'urologie et de transplantation, hôpital Edouard Herriot, 5, place d'Arsonval, 69430 Lyon, France.
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Touiti
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Paparel
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Deligne
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Dawahra
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Colombel
authors: X
authors: X
authors: Martin
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Gelet
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015503:Surgical Sponges