Calcified reticulate rind sign:A characteristic feature of gossypiboma on computed tomography  

作　　者：Yi-Ying Lu Yun-Chung Cheung Sheung-Fat Ko Shu-Hang Ng 

机构地区：[1]Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan, China [2]College of Medicine and School of Medical Technology, Chang Gung University, Taiwan, China

出　　处：《World Journal of Gastroenterology》2005年第31期4927-4929,共3页世界胃肠病学杂志（英文版）

摘　　要：We herein report a gossypiboma resulting from a retained surgical swab, which had been left in peritoneum for 20years after appendectomy. CT revealed a cystic mass with a calcified reticulate rind. Subsequent surgery and pathological examination showed a gossypiboma. A simple experiment, using a barium-soaked surgical swab demonstrating similar CT appearance, supported our postulation that calcium deposition on the reticulated fibers of a surgical swab could generate such a characteristic 'calcified reticulate rind' sign. We believe that identification of this CT sign facilitates the diagnosis of gossypibomas.We herein report a gossypiboma resulting from a retained surgical swab, which had been left in peritoneum for 20 years after appendectomy. CT revealed a cystic mass with a calcified reticulate rind. Subsequent surgery and pathological examination showed a gossypiboma. A simple experiment, using a barium-soaked surgical swab demonstrating similar CT appearance, supported our postulation that calcium deposition on the reticulated fibers of a surgical swab could generate such a characteristic ＂calcified reticulate rind＂ sign. We believe that identification of this CT sign facilitates the diagnosis of gossypibomas.

关 键 词：GOSSYPIBOMA TEXTILOMA Retained surgical swab CT 

分 类 号：R814[医药卫生—影像医学与核医学]