title: Gossypiboma Following Emergency Nephrectomy for Wunderlich Syndrome.
abstract: We describe the imaging findings of a case of an intra-abdominal gossypiboma (retained surgical sponge) in an asymptomatic 61-year-old man who underwent an emergency nephrectomy because of a Wunderlich syndrome secondary to a renal cell carcinoma. A follow-up computed tomography was performed 4 months after the emergency surgery and showed an extraperitoneal lesion with gas bubbles and radiopaque markings in the left hemiabdomen, consistent with a retained surgical sponge ("gossypiboma" or "textiloma") in the anterior pararenal space. The patient underwent scheduled surgery for extraction of the textiloma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: luisgorospe@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gorospe
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: María Cristina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: González-Gordaliza
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: García-Poza
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: García-Gómez-Muriel
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: García-Latorre