title: Transdiaphragmatic migration of forgotten gauze sponge: an unreported entity of lung abscess.
abstract: Migration of left in foreign bodies like gauze sponge into intestine, stomach, urinary bladder and their extrusion through umbilicus or rectum is well known. We report a unique case wherein a gauze sponge was left in abdominal cavity 25 years back at the time of initial surgery. This patient who had not undergone any thoracic surgery in the past was recently subjected to posterolateral thoracotomy for a right sided lung abscess and a large sponge gauze was unbelievably recovered from the area of lung abscess.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery, Sheri-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar, Kashmir 190011, India. gn_lone@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Ghulam Nabi
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Lone
authors.forename: Asif Hamid
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Bhat
authors.forename: Mohamad Yousuf
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Tak
authors.forename: Showkat Ahmad
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Garcoo
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D015503:Surgical Sponges; D016896:Treatment Outcome