title: A bizarre abdominal cystic lesion.
abstract: In spite of careful intraoperative precautions and gauze counts, mistakes can still occur during surgery. In the case reported, a retained gauze leaved during a surgical approach for removing a solid-cystic papillary tumor localized in the pancreatic tail, caused both persistent abdominal discomfort and the presence of an abdominal cystic lesion at imaging techniques. When a previous operative history is present, a foreign body should be taken into account in the differential diagnosis of a patient with an intra-abdominal cystic mass. Finally, radio-opaque marker should be routinely used by surgeons in order to reach a correct diagnosis in operated patients having retained gauze.
authors.affiliation: Department of Digestive Diseases and Internal Medicine, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna. Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Giorgia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zucchini
authors.forename: Raffaele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pezzilli
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ricci
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Casadei
authors.forename: Donatella
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Santini
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Calculli
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Corinaldesi
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery; D034841:Abdominal Cavity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D000231:Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal