We report on a case of gossypiboma. A 54-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with abdominal mass. She had undergone a caesarean operation 23 years previously. The mass in the right abdominal quadrant was suspected by abdominal computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. The mass was removed by laparotomy excision and the final diagnosis was gossypiboma.

A surgical sponge left in the peritoneal cavity at cesarean section eroded into the bowel and caused obstruction 3 years later. This unusual case is presented.

Imaging within 24 to 48 hours after most neurosurgical procedures is a routine practice. Nonresorbable surgical sponges have radiopaque filaments readily visible on CT scans and plain film radiographs. However, the proton-poor barium sulfate responsible for this radio-opacity is generally not detectable on MR imaging in the immediate post-operative period. Findings on MR imaging become more evi...

We have received a large number of samples of drugs and preparations from the well-known Manufacturing Chemist, Mr. \V. Martindale, of New Cavendish Street, W. Among these the following articles are worthy of being brought to the notice of the profession in India, &?()?, COMPRESSED MOSS. This forms a most absorbent^ surgical dressing, absorbing, it is said, twenty times its own weight of moistu...

examination for the small bowel [1]. We report a case of operation for a capsule endoscope retained at an ileal stricture in a patient with multiple ileal strictures. A 37−year−old man presented with a 3− year history of abdominal pain, gastroin− testinal bleeding, and intermittent in− complete ileus. He underwent compre− hensive investigations including gastros− copy, colonoscopy, and computed...