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Case report: a gossypiboma in the shoulder

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We present the case of a 15-year-old boy who underwent shoulder surgery for repair of a Bankart lesion after dislocation of his right shoulder. A compress was left in the surgical wound. This case is presented to highlight an important pitfall in the diagnosis of gossypiboma (foreign body reaction): when the wires of a compress are visualized on X-ray, beware of the fact that it is possibly located inside the body. The diagnosis of an abscess was made by ultrasound. The compress wires were visualized on radiographs.

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  1. Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium

    Charlotte Bevernage & Eric Geusens

  2. Department of Traumatology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    Stefaan Nijs

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Bevernage, C., Geusens, E. & Nijs, S. Case report: a gossypiboma in the shoulder. Emerg Radiol 12, 231–233 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-006-0480-1

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