title: A rare cause of chronic cough: intrathoracic gossypiboma.
abstract: Intrathoracic gossypiboma, a retained surgical sponge in the thoracic cavity, is a rare but serious complication of thoracic surgeries. A 70-year-old man presented with an eight-month history of cough. He had undergone coronary artery bypass surgery eight years ago. The posteroanterior chest X-ray revealed a well-marginated homogeneous opacity at the left hemithorax with striped appearance in the center. Thoracic CT revealed a pleural-based mass at the left lower lobe with a hyperdense rim. After the diagnosis of gossypiboma, it was removed surgically. Although rare after thoracic surgery, gossypibomas need to be considered in the differential diagnosis in case of respiratory symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Corum Chest Diseases Hospital, Corum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Dilber
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yilmaz Durmaz
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Corum Training and Research Hospital, Hitit University, Corum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Behice Kaniye
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Corum Training and Research Hospital, Hitit University, Corum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Oya
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yildiz
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Corum Training and Research Hospital, Hitit University, Corum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yilmaz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bas
keywords: Chronic; Cough; Thoracic Surgery