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01-10-2006 | Case Report

Textiloma: a case of foreign body mimicking a spinal mass

Authors: Ali Ihsan Okten, Mehmet Adam, Yurdal Gezercan

Published in: European Spine Journal | Special Issue 5/2006

Abstract

Items such as cotton or gauze pads can be mistakenly left behind during operations. Such foreign materials (called textilomas or gossypibomas) cause foreign body reaction in the surrounding tissue. The complications caused by these foreign bodies are well known, but cases are rarely published because of medico-legal implications. Some textilomas cause infection or abscess formation in the early stage, whereas others remain clinically silent for many years. Here, we describe a case of textiloma in which the patient presented with low-back pain 4 years after lumbar discectomy. Imaging revealed an abcess-like mass in the lumbar epidural space.

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Title: Textiloma: a case of foreign body mimicking a spinal mass
Authors: Ali Ihsan Okten
Mehmet Adam
Yurdal Gezercan
Publication date: 01-10-2006
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: European Spine Journal / Issue Special Issue 5/2006
Print ISSN: 0940-6719
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0932
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-006-0136-6

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