title: Gossypiboma: retained surgical sponge after a gynecologic procedure.
abstract: We report on a case of gossypiboma. A 54-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with abdominal mass. She had undergone a caesarean operation 23 years previously. The mass in the right abdominal quadrant was suspected by abdominal computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. The mass was removed by laparotomy excision and the final diagnosis was gossypiboma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Yüzüncü Yil University, 65200 Van, Turkey.
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