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Aitor de Gea Rico1, Priya Krishna1, Hannah Louise Devlin1
1General Surgery Department, Whipps Cross University Hospital, London, UK.
Abstract:
A gossypiboma is a mass within a patient's body comprising a cotton matrix surrounded by a foreign body granuloma. We describe an unusual presentation of a gossypiboma presenting in a 32-year-old man with acute epigastric pain and haematemesis. His surgical history revealed an emergency laparotomy following a road traffic accident 16 years ago. Initial gastroscopy showed extrinsic stomach compression. An abdominal ultrasound scan followed by a CT scan evidenced a large, well-defined, predominantly cystic mass with some solid areas occupying the left hypochondrium. Conservative management with insertion of a percutaneous drain proved to be inefficient. A laparotomy was performed; intraoperatively, the cyst was found to be ruptured and within it, a large surgical gauze was found. This was removed but required a distal pancreatectomy and gastrectomy for complete excision. He was discharged on day 74 of admission with outpatient follow-up.
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