title: Transmural penetration of sigmoid colon and rectum by retained surgical sponge after hysterectomy.
abstract: Gossypiboma is a surgical sponge that is retained in the body after the operation. A 39-year-old female presented with vague lower abdominal pain, fever, and rectal discharge 15 mo after hysterectomy. The sponge remaining in the abdomen had no radiopaque marker. Therefore a series of radiographic evaluations was fruitless. The surgical sponge was found in the rectosigmoid colon on colonoscopy. The sponge penetrated the sigmoid colon and rectum transmurally, forming an opening on both sides. The patient underwent low anterior resection and was discharged without postoperative complications.
authors.affiliation: Woo Young Shin, Chan Hyuk Im, Sun Keun Choi, Yun-Mee Choe, Kyung Rae Kim, Department of Surgery, Inha University Hospital, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon 400-711, South Korea.
authors.forename: Woo Young
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.affiliation: Woo Young Shin, Chan Hyuk Im, Sun Keun Choi, Yun-Mee Choe, Kyung Rae Kim, Department of Surgery, Inha University Hospital, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon 400-711, South Korea.
authors.forename: Chan Hyuk
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Im
authors.affiliation: Woo Young Shin, Chan Hyuk Im, Sun Keun Choi, Yun-Mee Choe, Kyung Rae Kim, Department of Surgery, Inha University Hospital, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon 400-711, South Korea.
authors.forename: Sun Keun
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Woo Young Shin, Chan Hyuk Im, Sun Keun Choi, Yun-Mee Choe, Kyung Rae Kim, Department of Surgery, Inha University Hospital, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon 400-711, South Korea.
authors.forename: Yun-Mee
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Choe
authors.affiliation: Woo Young Shin, Chan Hyuk Im, Sun Keun Choi, Yun-Mee Choe, Kyung Rae Kim, Department of Surgery, Inha University Hospital, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon 400-711, South Korea.
authors.forename: Kyung Rae
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D012809:Colon, Sigmoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D003113:Colonoscopy; D020878:Device Removal; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012007:Rectum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D015503:Surgical Sponges / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Gossypiboma; Radiopaque marker; Retained foreign object; Surgical sponge; Textiloma