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MR features of a 24-year-old gossypiboma

Rudi M. H. Roumen, H. P. G. Weerdenburg

Acta Radiologica · 1998 · 27 citations · 5 references

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Abstract

Retained surgical sponges can cause serious diagnostic problems. We report on our experience with a piece of gauze, encapsulated for 24 years, that mimicked a soft-tissue neoplasm, and we describe its MR features.

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