title: Gossypiboma Mimicking a Mesenchymal Tumor: A Report of a Rare Case.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Gossypiboma is the term for a surgical complication resulting from foreign materials such as a surgical sponge or gauze that was accidentally left inside a patient's body.
  
  
  METHODS
  Here, we report the case of a 62-year-old woman with gossypiboma. She underwent surgery due to an abdominal mass that was preoperatively considered a tumor. Intra-postoperatively, it was diagnosed as gossypiboma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  For the prevention of gossypiboma during the pre-operative and post-operative periods, counting sponges and surgical equipment must be done very carefully. If there is any doubt postoperatively, direct abdominal imaging may be helpful.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey.
authors.forename: Huseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Eken
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soyturk
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gurhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Balci
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey.
authors.forename: Deniz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Firat
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey.
authors.forename: Orhan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Cimen
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey.
authors.forename: Oktay
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Karakose
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey.
authors.forename: Erkan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Somuncu
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged