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DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.155872
Tumefactive intramural gossypiboma of the urinary bladder mimicking an invasive adnexal malignancy
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Abstract
A surgical swab retained in the body after surgery is known as ′Gossypiboma′. The purpose of this report is to highlight an intramural vesical gossypiboma mimicking an invasive adnexal malignancy. A 28-year-old multiparous, with open-tubal ligation three years ago, presented with painless hematuria and a nontender mass on vaginal examination. USG suggested ′pelvic endometriosis′ infiltrating into the bladder and cystoscopy showed no intraluminal extension of the mass. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) misdiagnosed it as invasive malignancy of the fallopian tube. Exploratory laparotomy found it to be an intramural vesical gossypiboma. A pelvic gossypiboma infiltrating into the wall of the urinary bladder may easily be misinterpreted as an invasive pelvic malignancy on imaging and may make one consider unwarranted radical surgery.
Publication History
Article published online:
30 July 2021
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