title: CT Findings of Foreign Body Reaction to a Retained Endoloop Ligature Plastic Tube Mimicking Acute Appendicitis: A Case Report.
abstract: Many hospitals experience one or more retained surgical instrument events with risk of patient morbidity and medicolegal problems. Identification of retained surgical instrument is important. The radiologists should be familiar with imaging finding of retained surgical instrument. In a 62-year-old female with a retained plastic tube, localized peritoneal infiltration around air-containing tubular structure mimicked acute appendicitis on abdomen computed tomography (CT), one year after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. We reported CT findings of foreign body reaction related to retained Endoloop ligature plastic tube mimicking acute appendicitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Asan Foundation, GangNeung Asan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Gangneung 25440, Korea.
authors.forename: Jae Hong
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Asan Foundation, GangNeung Asan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Gangneung 25440, Korea.
authors.forename: Chae Hoon
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Asan Foundation, GangNeung Asan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Gangneung 25440, Korea.
authors.forename: Soo-Jung
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Asan Foundation, GangNeung Asan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Gangneung 25440, Korea.
authors.forename: Man Soo
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Asan Foundation, GangNeung Asan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Gangneung 25440, Korea.
authors.forename: Seung Mun
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Asan Foundation, GangNeung Asan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Gangneung 25440, Korea.
authors.forename: Dae Shick
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Ryu
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Asan Foundation, GangNeung Asan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Gangneung 25440, Korea.
authors.forename: Dong Rock
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Shin
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000208:Acute Disease; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D010969:Plastics / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000737:chemistry; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D010969:Plastics
keywords: Foreign body; Peritonitis; Retained surgical instrument