Gossypiboma Encountered 40 Years after Lumbar Partial Laminectomy: A Case Report.
10.4184/jkss.2009.16.1.54
- Author:
Dong Jun KIM
1
;
Gyu Min KONG
;
Dong Hoon YANG
;
Sung Hwan KIM
;
Sang Ho MOON
Author Information
1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Handong University Sunlin Hospital, Pohang, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Spine;
Gossypiboma
- MeSH:
Diagnosis, Differential;
Foreign-Body Reaction;
Humans;
Laminectomy;
Spine
- From:Journal of Korean Society of Spine Surgery
2009;16(1):54-58
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Gossypiboma is a mass within body consisting of a cotton matrix surrounded by a foreign-body reaction. Some patients may remain asymptomatic, while others develop early persistent infected conditions. Gossypiboma should be included in a differential diagnosis of a paravertebral mass in postoperative patients, and a thorough and a careful inspection of the surgical field before closure must be performed by surgeons to avoid the complications of gossypiboma even when there are correct counts. We present a patient in whom a gossypiboma at the 4th lumbar spine was encountered 40 years after a partial laminectomy with no subjective symptoms.
