Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 2013; 26(02): 147-153
DOI: 10.3415/VCOT-11-12-0188
Case Report
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Foreign body reaction to a retained surgical sponge (gossypiboma) mimicking an implant associated sarcoma in a dog after a tibial plateau levelling osteotomy

E. E. Corbin
1   University of Minnesota, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Surgery, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
,
R. P. Cavanaugh
2   VCA Alameda East Veterinary Hospital, Department of Surgery, Denver, Colorado, USA
,
J. L. Fick
2   VCA Alameda East Veterinary Hospital, Department of Surgery, Denver, Colorado, USA
,
K. P. McAbee
2   VCA Alameda East Veterinary Hospital, Department of Surgery, Denver, Colorado, USA
,
B. Powers
3   Colorado State University, Diagnostic Laboratories, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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Publication History

Received 31 December 2011

Accepted 24 September 2012

Publication Date:
18 December 2017 (online)

Summary

A dog was presented with the complaint of an acute onset left pelvic limb lameness three years after a right tibial plateau levelling osteotomy had been performed. Radiographs taken at the time of presentation showed signs that were consistent with a diagnosis of an implant associated sarcoma. At revision surgery, a retained surgical sponge was identified, leading to a diagnosis of a gossypiboma. This is the first reported case of a gossypiboma as a complication of a tibial plateau levelling osteotomy surgery.