Muhammad Sajid, Muhammad Ajmal.
An unusual presentation of retained surgical sponge.
Professional Med J Jan ;3(1):87-8.

A 49 years old lady presented with acute intestinal obstruction after one year of abdominal hysterectomy. On explorative laparotomy, a surgical sponge was found in the lumen of the small gut. The sponge was left behind in the peritoneal cavity during previous surgery and latter on eroded into the lumen of small bowel causing obstruction.

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