title: Case report: a gossypiboma in the shoulder.
abstract: We present the case of a 15-year-old boy who underwent shoulder surgery for repair of a Bankart lesion after dislocation of his right shoulder. A compress was left in the surgical wound. This case is presented to highlight an important pitfall in the diagnosis of gossypiboma (foreign body reaction): when the wires of a compress are visualized on X-ray, beware of the fact that it is possibly located inside the body. The diagnosis of an abscess was made by ultrasound. The compress wires were visualized on radiographs.
authors: Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, Leuven 3000, Belgium. eric.geusens@uz.kuleuven.ac.be
authors: Charlotte
authors: C
authors: Bevernage
authors: Eric
authors: E
authors: Geusens
authors: Stefaan
authors: S
authors: Nijs