A Case Report of Neglected Gossypiboma Causing Abdominal Pain for 20 Years Post-Cesarean Section

Gossypiboma refers to a mass usually made of cotton (e.g., surgical gauze or sponge) that is accidentally left in a patient’s body during surgery. We report the case of a 54-year-old multigravida menopausal woman who previously underwent cesarean section to deliver her second child. She was referred...

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Autores principales: Min, Jisong, Lee, Saemi, Kim, Won-ji, Kim, Sung Eun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Menopause 2022
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9843038/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36647278
http://dx.doi.org/10.6118/jmm.22022
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description Gossypiboma refers to a mass usually made of cotton (e.g., surgical gauze or sponge) that is accidentally left in a patient’s body during surgery. We report the case of a 54-year-old multigravida menopausal woman who previously underwent cesarean section to deliver her second child. She was referred to our medical center after a 7 cm right ovarian mass with malignant potential was discovered. A diagnostic laparotomy was performed then confirmed the presence of a 10 cm gossypiboma attached to a metallic ring. This case is an alarming example highlighting the importance of adequate intraoperative counting of gauze and radiologic evaluation of chronic pelvic pain.
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spelling pubmed-98430382023-01-30 A Case Report of Neglected Gossypiboma Causing Abdominal Pain for 20 Years Post-Cesarean Section Min, Jisong Lee, Saemi Kim, Won-ji Kim, Sung Eun J Menopausal Med Brief Communication Gossypiboma refers to a mass usually made of cotton (e.g., surgical gauze or sponge) that is accidentally left in a patient’s body during surgery. We report the case of a 54-year-old multigravida menopausal woman who previously underwent cesarean section to deliver her second child. She was referred to our medical center after a 7 cm right ovarian mass with malignant potential was discovered. A diagnostic laparotomy was performed then confirmed the presence of a 10 cm gossypiboma attached to a metallic ring. This case is an alarming example highlighting the importance of adequate intraoperative counting of gauze and radiologic evaluation of chronic pelvic pain. The Korean Society of Menopause 2022-12 2022-10-18 /pmc/articles/PMC9843038/ /pubmed/36647278 http://dx.doi.org/10.6118/jmm.22022 Text en Copyright © by The Korean Society of Menopause https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ).
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