A rare complication of abdominal surgery in a patient injured in war: Gossypiboma in a child refugee after war surgery

Gossypiboma is a term used for a forgotten cotton sponge or gauze in the body. Gossypiomas may be fistulae from the peritoneal cavity to the gastrointestinal tract or may extructed to the urinary bladder, intestines and skin. Intestinal obstruction and perforation may ocur. In this case we present a four years old war victim boy complicated with a huge gossypiboma. He applied to our clinic with intestinal obstruction. Clinic investigations showed that 11x4 cm sized mass presented on the left upper side of the abdomen. While surgical operation, a gastro-ileo-colic fistula was detected due to a foreign body. After all approaches he survived with no complication. Forgeting a foreign object in human body by surgical operations is a very worrying situation for surgeons, although it is very rare. Gossypiboma should be kept in mind especially in the cases of refugees and war victims who went under surgery with increased stress due to war conditions.

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Sivrikozon N, Karaarslan S, Buğdaycı MH, Çökmez A, Solak A. Gastrointestinal Stromal Tümörü Taklit Eden Gossypiboma (Tekstiloma): Olgu Sunumu. Turkish Journal of Pathology, 2016; 32: 1.

Yamamura N, Nakajima K, Takahashi T, et al. Intra-abdominal textiloma. A retainedsurgical sponge mimicking a gastric gastrointestinal stromaltumor: report of a case. Surgery today, 2008; 6: 552-554.

Inci MF, Özkan F, Okumuş M, Köylü A, Yüksel M. Çok nadir bir akut batın nedeni: Gossipiboma. Dicle Tıp Dergisi 2012; 39: 3.

Yeh CC, Kuo YL, Liu HS, et al. Gossypiboma mimicking an ovarian tumor in a young woman with a history of ovarian teratoma. Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2010; 2: 225-227.
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  • ISSN: 1301-0883
  • Başlangıç: 1996
  • Yayıncı: ERBİL KARAMAN
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