Sana Sharafat Ali, Kanza Farrukh, Zakir Jamal, Waqar S H.
Transmural Migration of Gossypiboma into Stomach: a Case Report.
Ann Pak Inst Med Sci Jan ;19(3):356-8.

Gossypiboma is the term given to retained abdominal sponges. The statistics of its incidence is more likely to be underestimated because most of the time such cases are not reported due to the fear of medicolegal complications. Such cases causes serious morbidity and even mortality if not diagnosed. We present a case report of a rare phenomena that involved transmural migration of gossypiboma into stomach with a brief review of literature. Gossypiboma was left in abdominal cavity during open cholecystectomy and later was removed on exploratory laparotomy from the stomach. Patient recovered well with no morbidity.

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