Calcified reticulate rind sign: A characteristic feature of gossypiboma on computed tomography
Author(s): Yi-Ying Lu, Yun-Chung Cheung, Sheung-Fat Ko, Shu-Hang Ng
Pages: 4927-4929
Year: 2005 Issue: 31
Journal: WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
Keyword: Gossypiboma; Textiloma; Retained surgical swab; CT;
Abstract: We herein report a gossypiboma resulting from a retained surgical swab, which had been left in peritoneum for 20years after appendectomy. CT revealed a cystic mass with a calcified reticulate rind. Subsequent surgery and pathological examination showed a gossypiboma. A simple experiment, using a barium-soaked surgical swab demonstrating similar CT appearance, supported our postulation that calcium deposition on the reticulated fibers of a surgical swab could generate such a characteristic "calcified reticulate rind" sign. We believe that identification of this CT sign facilitates the diagnosis of gossypibomas.
Pages: 4927-4929
Year: 2005 Issue: 31
Journal: WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
Keyword: Gossypiboma; Textiloma; Retained surgical swab; CT;
Abstract: We herein report a gossypiboma resulting from a retained surgical swab, which had been left in peritoneum for 20years after appendectomy. CT revealed a cystic mass with a calcified reticulate rind. Subsequent surgery and pathological examination showed a gossypiboma. A simple experiment, using a barium-soaked surgical swab demonstrating similar CT appearance, supported our postulation that calcium deposition on the reticulated fibers of a surgical swab could generate such a characteristic "calcified reticulate rind" sign. We believe that identification of this CT sign facilitates the diagnosis of gossypibomas.
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