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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · J Neurosci Rural Pract 2010; 01(02): 102-104
DOI: 10.4103/0976-3147.71725
Case Report
Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice

Paraspinal gossybipoma: A case report and review of the literature

Baris Kucukyuruk
Department of Neurosurgery, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
,
Huseyin Biceroglu
Department of Neurosurgery, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
,
Bashar Abuzayed
Department of Neurosurgery, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
,
Mustafa O Ulu
1   Department of Neurosurgery, ToyotaSA State Hospital, Sakarya, Turkey
,
Ali M Kafadar
Department of Neurosurgery, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Publication Date:
25 September 2019 (online)

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ABSTRACT

Spinal or paraspinal retained surgical sponges (gossybipoma or textiloma) are rare incidents and mostly asymptomatic in chronic cases, but can be confused with other masses such as a hematoma, an abscess or a tumor. In chronic cases, the presentation can be as late as decades after the initial surgery; however, some gossybipomas cause infection or abscess formation in the early stages. The authors report a 40-year-old woman with a history of operation for lumbar disk herniation before 8 months, and got admitted with a complaint of serous fluid leakage from the operation wound. In this report, the authors discuss the clinical presentation, the radiologic findings and the differential diagnosis of gossybipoma.

Key words:

Gossybipoma - retained surgical sponge - spine - surgery - textiloma
 

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