Role of CT-guided core needle biopsy in the diagnosis of a gossypiboma: case report.
A 66-year-old woman with previous hysterectomy had dysuria and vaginal spotting for 1 month. Computed tomography showed a heterogeneous presacral mass with eccentric calcification. Biopsies of the bladder and vagina and transrectal biopsy of the pelvic mass yielded only inflammation. T2-weighted magnetic resonance images revealed a heterogeneous mass with wavy hypointensities. Computed tomographically guided biopsy targeting at the calcified area disclosed thread-like materials, thus confirming the diagnosis of gossypiboma.
Wan
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YL
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, School of Medicine, Chang Gung University, 5 Fusing Road, Taoyuan Hsien, Taiwan, Republic of China. ylwan@ms19.hinet.net
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Ng
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Cheung
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Lui
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Wong
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D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000473:pathology*; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D015503:Surgical Sponges; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed