title: Gauzoma mimicking siliconoma after breast augmentation surgery.
abstract: Gauzoma is a rare iatrogenic mass caused by the retention of gauze fibers during surgery. This intraoperative complication represents a diagnostic problem for radiologists besides being a medicolegal problem for surgeons. We present a patient in whom a retained surgical sponge after breast augmentation surgery mimicked a siliconoma and discuss imaging appearance and differential diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, University of Buenos Aires, School of Medicine, Gascon 450, Buenos Aires, 1181, Argentina. manuel.sarrabayrouse@hospitalitaliano.org.ar
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sarrabayrouse
authors.forename: Horacio F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Mayer
authors.forename: Hugo D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Loustau
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018427:Breast Implants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D016462:Mammaplasty; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012828:Silicones; D015503:Surgical Sponges; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D012828:Silicones