title: Retained surgical sponge.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Melanie C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Bois
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Bois
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Sunil V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Mankad
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Phillip M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Young
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.; Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.. Electronic address: maleszewski.joseph@mayo.edu.
authors.forename: Joseph John
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Maleszewski
mesh_terms: D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery
keywords: Foreign body; Gossypiboma; Tumor