[Imaging features of retained surgical foreign bodies].
OBJECTIVE
To study the clinical and radiological manifestations in patients with retained surgical foreign bodies.


METHODS
Over the last five years, seven patients were found to have retained surgical foreign bodies after abdominal surgery. An analysis of the clinical signs, laboratory findings and imaging features was performed.


RESULTS
The clinical and laboratory data were non-specific. The diagnosis of textiloma was suggested based on imaging findings and surgical history before surgical exploration. The characteristic imaging findings at ultrasound and computed tomography consisted of a fluid collection with internal wavy structures. The differential diagnosis includes pyogenic abscesses, hematomas and ruptured hydatid cysts.


CONCLUSIONS
Ultrasonography and computed tomography are essential for the diagnosis and management of retained surgical foreign bodies after abdominal surgery.
Hammoud
D
D
Service de radiologie, Université Américaine de Beyrouth, France.
Ammouri
N
N
Rouhana
G
G
Saad
H
H
Husseini
H
H
Abou Sleiman
C
C
Haddad
M
M
D000005:Abdomen; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D015503:Surgical Sponges
Aspects radiologiques des textilomes.