Open AccessImaging of Transmural Migration of A Retained Surgical Sponge: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Yeung KwokWan,
Chang MingSung,
Huang JeeFu
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
the kaohsiung journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.439
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 2410-8650
pISSN - 1607-551X
DOI - 10.1016/s1607-551x(09)70260-8
Subject(s) - medicine , acoustic shadow , presentation (obstetrics) , calcification , computed tomography , radiology , abdominal pain , radiography , surgery , ultrasonography
A 61‐year‐old woman who had undergone a hysterectomy 15 years before this presentation had suffered from intermittent abdominal pain and a palpable lower abdominal mass for 3 months. Plain roentgenography revealed a radiopaque mass with serpiginous density in the pelvic region. Sonography showed curvilinear hyperechogenicity with an acoustic shadow. A small‐bowel series revealed a huge amorphous filling defect inside the ileum. Computed tomography showed that the mass was a spongiform object with a whirl‐like appearance mixed with air and with peripheral calcification.