title: Imaging of gossypibomas: pictorial review.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Textiloma and gossypiboma are terms used to describe a mass of cotton matrix that is left behind in a body cavity during an operation. This is an uncommon surgical complication. Gossypibomas are most frequently discovered in the abdomen. Such foreign bodies can often mimic tumors or abscesses clinically or radiologically; however, they are rarely reported because of the medicolegal implications. The manifestations and complications of gossypibomas are so variable that diagnosis is difficult and patient morbidity is significant.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This article discusses the clinical manifestations, pathophysiologic aspects, and most important complications related to gossypibomas; presents the classic imaging features of gossypibomas using a multitechnique approach; and shows some of the typical and atypical sites of gossypibomas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hospital das Clinicas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. adonismanzella@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Adonis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Manzella
authors.forename: Paulo Borba
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Filho
authors.forename: Eolo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Albuquerque
authors.forename: Fabiana
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Farias
authors.forename: João
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kaercher
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D015503:Surgical Sponges