Role of CT-guided core needle biopsy in the diagnosis of a gossypiboma: case report

Abdom Imaging. 2004 Nov-Dec;29(6):713-5. doi: 10.1007/s00261-004-0172-9. Epub 2004 Jun 8.

Abstract

A 66-year-old woman with previous hysterectomy had dysuria and vaginal spotting for 1 month. Computed tomography showed a heterogeneous presacral mass with eccentric calcification. Biopsies of the bladder and vagina and transrectal biopsy of the pelvic mass yielded only inflammation. T2-weighted magnetic resonance images revealed a heterogeneous mass with wavy hypointensities. Computed tomographically guided biopsy targeting at the calcified area disclosed thread-like materials, thus confirming the diagnosis of gossypiboma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Female
  • Foreign Bodies / pathology*
  • Foreign-Body Reaction / pathology
  • Humans
  • Hysterectomy
  • Surgical Sponges*
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed