Intrathoracic gossypiboma causing intractable cough.

A Rare Cause of Chronic Cough: Intrathoracic Gossypiboma

Intrathoracic gossypiboma, a retained surgical sponge in the thoracic cavity, is a rare but serious complication of thoracic surgeries. A 70-year-old man presented with an eight-month history of cough. He had undergone coronary artery bypass surgery eight years ago. The posteroanterior chest X-ray revealed a well-marginated homogeneous opacity at the left hemithorax with striped appearance in t...

A retained foreign body granuloma mimicking a left ventricular psuedoanuerysm

INTRODUCTION Gossypiboma, also referred to as a textiloma, gauzoma or muslinoma describe a mass in the body composed of a central cotton core surrounded by a foreign body reaction. It has an estimated incidence of 1/1000-1/10000 surgeries, occurring in the abdomen (56%), pelvis (18%) and least commonly the thorax (11%) and represents an unfortunate event for both the patient and the operating s...

Intrathoracic gossypiboma: a diagnostic challenge.

Anterior mediastinal gossypiboma

A retained surgical sponge (gossypiboma) is a rare but serious complication of surgery; most cases occur after intra-abdominal surgery. Intrathoracic gossypiboma is extremely rare, with only a handful of reported cases, most of which are associated with pulmonary surgery (1, 2, 3, 4, 5). Although almost all surgical sponges contain a radiopaque marker, usually a barium sulfate filament, detecti...

Retained intra- thoracic surgical pack mimicking as recurrent aspergilloma.

An intrathoracic gossypiboma is a rare condition. We are reporting a case of intrathoracicgossypiboma which was misdiagnosed as a recurrent aspergilloma. In our patient, the gossypiboma manifested as a pleural- based extra pulmonary mass which had a large contact area with the pleura and it displayed an extra pulmonary location. A retained surgical swab (gossypiboma) is a rare but an important ...