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Textiloma: a case of foreign body mimicking a spinal mass

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Items such as cotton or gauze pads can be mistakenly left behind during operations. Such foreign materials (called textilomas or gossypibomas) cause foreign body reaction in the surrounding tissue. The complications caused by these foreign bodies are well known, but cases are rarely published because of medico-legal implications. Some textilomas cause infection or abscess formation in the early stage, whereas others remain clinically silent for many years. Here, we describe a case of textiloma in which the patient presented with low-back pain 4 years after lumbar discectomy. Imaging revealed an abcess-like mass in the lumbar epidural space.

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  1. Neurosurgery Department, Adana Numune Hospital, Adana, Turkey

    Ali Ihsan Okten & Yurdal Gezercan

  2. Adana Teaching and Research Center, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Baskent University, Dadaloglu mah. 39 Sok. No:6, Adana, Turkey

    Mehmet Adam

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Okten, A.I., Adam, M. & Gezercan, Y. Textiloma: a case of foreign body mimicking a spinal mass. Eur Spine J 15 (Suppl 5), 626–629 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-006-0136-6

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