title: A retained surgical sponge (gossypiboma) mimicking a paraspinal abscess.
abstract: Gossypiboma (textiloma, gauzoma, muslinoma) is a rare iatrogenic mass caused by the retention of gauze fibres during surgery. This intraoperative complication has rarely been reported for an intraspinal or paraspinal location. Here, we present a patient in whom a retained surgical sponge between the paraspinal muscles was encountered 3 years after lumbar surgery, and discuss the radiological and pathological appearance and differential diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Duzce University, School of Medicine, Duzce, Turkey. merihis@yahoo.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Is
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karatas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akgul
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Yildirim
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gezen
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D015503:Surgical Sponges