title: A 13-year-old textiloma (gossypiboma) after discectomy for lumbar disc herniation: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A paraspinal retained surgical sponge (textiloma) is rare and mostly asymptomatic in chronic cases but can be confused with other soft-tissue masses. Therefore, it is important to be aware of patients with a paraspinal soft-tissue mass with unusual or atypical symptoms.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  A patient with asymptomatic chronic paraspinal textiloma who was operated on 13 years ago for lumbar disc herniation is presented.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  A patient presented with complaints of back pain radiating to leg and neurogenic claudication. Computed tomography imaging revealed canal stenosis at L3-L5 levels and a soft-tissue mass at the paraspinal muscles of the L5-S1 level.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Surgical treatment was performed for both to excise or obtain biopsy from the soft-tissue mass and to treat spinal stenosis. During the operation, a retained surgical sponge was found and excised completely with fibrous capsule surrounding it and decompression and posterior spinal instrumentation performed without fusion for spinal stenosis with dynamic pedicle screws (Cosmic Pedicle Screw System; Ulrich AG, Germany). Recovery was uneventful, and the patient's stenosis symptoms were resolved soon after surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Retained surgical sponges do not show mostly any specific clinical and radiological signs. They should be included in differential diagnoses of soft-tissue masses at the paraspinal region with a history of a previous spinal operation.
authors: Florence Nightingale Hospital, Abide-i Hurriety cd. No: 290 Sisli, Istanbul 34360, Turkey. ortospine@yahoo.com
authors: Mehmet
authors: M
authors: Aydogan
authors: Cuneyt
authors: C
authors: Mirzanli
authors: Kursat
authors: K
authors: Ganiyusufoglu
authors: Mehmet
authors: M
authors: Tezer
authors: Irfan
authors: I
authors: Ozturk
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D017586:Diskectomy; D005260:Female; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000601:surgery*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology*; D015503:Surgical Sponges; D013997:Time Factors