Intravascular foreign body embolism is an exceptionally uncommon problem. We report on an unusual case of a surgical swab embolism which occurred during a thoracic surgical procedure.

We present a case report of an unusual large foreign body (FB) in Rectum which was retrieved successfully by trans anal route. Our patient presented with retained rectal foreign body following an assault while travelling in train, he was made unconscious and was later found in a pool of blood with per rectal oozing. Patient was then evaluated and trans anal retrieval of FB was carried out succe...

The delayed development of brain abscess associated with a retained intracranial foreign body is not rare and has been documented [1-5] . We report an unusual case of chronic granulomatous abscess in the cerebellopontine angle region secondary to retention of a cotton ball during surgery for an acoustic neurinoma 20 years earlier. We describe the computed tomographic (CT) findings and emphasize...