Intrapericardial gossypiboma: Rare cause of intrathoracic mass.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Gossypiboma is a retained surgical sponge inside our body after surgical intervention. It is most commonly found in abdominal cavity. Its occurrence in thoracic cavity as intrapericardial gossypiboma is extremely rare.

Presentation of case

We present a 25 year old male with complaint of chest pain for 1 year. He had a history of total correction of Tetralogy of fallot 14 years back, at another hospital. On clinical examination and investigations including contrast enhanced computed tomography (CECT) of thorax; diagnosis of right anterior mediastinal mass of germ cell tumor was made and planned for thoracotomy. On exploration, the gauze piece of 31 cm was removed from the pericardial mass and a final diagnosis of gossypiboma was made.

Discussion

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SUBMITTER: Kumar A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5994740 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature