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Intrathoracic gossypiboma: magnetic resonance features
F Vayre1, P Richard, J P Ollivier
1Internal Medicine Department, Hopital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France.
International Journal of Cardiology
|August 24, 1999
Abstract:
Gossypiboma, a term used to describe a mass within the body composed of a cotton matrix which usually refers to a retained surgical sponge, is a rare complication of cardiac surgery. We report one case revealed by the recurrence of the anginal symptoms after successful myocardial revascularisation surgery. The preoperative diagnosis was suspected by a combination of imaging techniques and subsequently confirmed by surgical removal. We review the literature to summarise the diagnostic and therapeutic features of gossypibomas.