Palomino-Ayala S, Betancourt-Sánchez F, Gómez-Castaños PC, Sandoval-Orozco S, González-Álvarez R

Language: Spanish
References: 8
Page: 115-117
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ABSTRACT

Gossypiboma, also known as textiloma or gasoma is a term used to describe a mass inside the organism generated by surgical material left forgotten and a tissue reaction to a strange body. 1 the abdominal cavity is the location in which they are most frequently found (56%). Here is a case of a female patient with a clinical condition of abdominal pain and previous recent surgical intervention in which is confirmed the presence of gossypiboma.

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