CT Findings of Foreign Body Reaction to a Retained Endoloop Ligature Plastic Tube Mimicking Acute Appendicitis: A Case Report.
10.3348/kjr.2016.17.4.541
- Author:
Jae Hong AHN
1
;
Chae Hoon KANG
;
Soo Jung CHOI
;
Man Soo PARK
;
Seung Mun JUNG
;
Dae Shick RYU
;
Dong Rock SHIN
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, Asan Foundation, GangNeung Asan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Gangneung 25440, Korea. jhahn@gnah.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Retained surgical instrument;
Foreign body;
Peritonitis
- MeSH:
Abdomen;
Appendicitis*;
Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic;
Female;
Foreign Bodies*;
Foreign-Body Reaction*;
Humans;
Ligation*;
Middle Aged;
Peritonitis;
Plastics*
- From:Korean Journal of Radiology
2016;17(4):541-544
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Many hospitals experience one or more retained surgical instrument events with risk of patient morbidity and medicolegal problems. Identification of retained surgical instrument is important. The radiologists should be familiar with imaging finding of retained surgical instrument. In a 62-year-old female with a retained plastic tube, localized peritoneal infiltration around air-containing tubular structure mimicked acute appendicitis on abdomen computed tomography (CT), one year after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. We reported CT findings of foreign body reaction related to retained Endoloop ligature plastic tube mimicking acute appendicitis.
