title: Textiloma (gossypiboma) mimicking recurrent intracranial abscess.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Cranial-retained surgical sponges (gossypiboma or textiloma) are rare incidents and mostly asymptomatic. However, they can be confused with other masses such as a hematoma abscess or tumor. During early stages, some gossypibomas can cause infection or abscess formation.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 22-year-old Turkish female who had frontal lobe brain surgery to remove an abscess 2 months previously was admitted with complaints of headache and vomiting.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Gossypiboma was confirmed in the patient. Following cranial surgery, gossypiboma should be considered as a differential diagnosis of recurrence of previous surgical operations.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Adiyaman University Education and Research Hospital, 02200, Adiyaman, Turkey. aykut1953@yahoo.com.
authors: Aykut
authors: A
authors: Akpinar
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Adiyaman University Education and Research Hospital, 02200, Adiyaman, Turkey. necati_ucler@yahoo.com.
authors: Necati
authors: N
authors: Ucler
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Adiyaman University Education and Research Hospital, 02200, Adiyaman, Turkey. drcengizozdemir@yahoo.com.
authors: Cengiz Omer
authors: CO
authors: Ozdemir
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012008:Recurrence; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult