Intractable duodenal ulcer caused by transmural migration of gossypiboma into the duodenum--a case report and literature review

• Published in: BMC surgery Vol. 14; no. 1; p. 36
• Main Authors: Lv, Yun-Xiao, Yu, Cheng-Chan, Tung, Chun-Fang, Wu, Cheng-Chung
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 10.06.2014; BioMed Central
• Subjects: Care and treatment; Case Report; Duodenal ulcer; Duodenal Ulcer - etiology; Duodenoscopy; Duodenum - surgery; Foreign-Body Migration - complications; Foreign-Body Migration - diagnosis; Foreign-Body Migration - surgery; Health aspects; Homeopathy; Humans; Literature reviews; Male; Materia medica and therapeutics; Middle Aged; Patient outcomes; Surgical Sponges - adverse effects; Therapeutics

Gossypiboma is a term used to describe a mass that forms around a cotton sponge or abdominal compress accidentally left in a patient during surgery. Transmural migration of an intra-abdominal gossypiboma has been reported to occur in the digestive tract, bladder, vagina and diaphragm. Open surgery i...