title: Groin textiloma after saphenectomy: resemblance to neoplasm.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Textilomas may mimic a malignant neoplasm and may occur in rare locations.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 73-year-old female presented a groin tumor of 3 years duration after saphenectomy. Physical exam of the right groin area demonstrated an 8-cm oval tumor below the inguinal ligament and above the femoral vessels. An ultrasound and a CT scan showed a mixed cyst. During surgical exploration of the groin, an 8-cm tumor fixed to the femoral vein was extirpated en bloc. Histopathological results reported a textiloma. The patient had an uneventful postoperative evolution.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Textilomas may mimic a neoplasm, but their occurrence in the groin is exceptional.
authors.affiliation: Centro Médico Dalinde, México, D. F., Mexico. cortizmendoza@yahoo.com.mx
authors.forename: Carlos Manuel
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Ortiz-Mendoza
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006119:Groin; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000601:surgery*; D015503:Surgical Sponges