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Emergency Radiology
Published in: Emergency Radiology 5/2006

01-07-2006 | Case report

Case report: a gossypiboma in the shoulder

Authors: Charlotte Bevernage, Eric Geusens, Stefaan Nijs

Published in: Emergency Radiology | Issue 5/2006

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Abstract

We present the case of a 15-year-old boy who underwent shoulder surgery for repair of a Bankart lesion after dislocation of his right shoulder. A compress was left in the surgical wound. This case is presented to highlight an important pitfall in the diagnosis of gossypiboma (foreign body reaction): when the wires of a compress are visualized on X-ray, beware of the fact that it is possibly located inside the body. The diagnosis of an abscess was made by ultrasound. The compress wires were visualized on radiographs.
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Metadata
Title
Case report: a gossypiboma in the shoulder
Authors
Charlotte Bevernage
Eric Geusens
Stefaan Nijs
Publication date
01-07-2006
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Emergency Radiology / Issue 5/2006
Print ISSN: 1070-3004
Electronic ISSN: 1438-1435
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-006-0480-1

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