Retained surgical sponge presenting as a pelvic tumor after 25 years

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 223-225

  Kim, S R ^a   Baik, H K ^a   Park, Y W ^a  

^a Hanyang University Guri Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Foreign body granuloma; Pelvic tumor; Retained surgical sponge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMA; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MALPRACTICE; MICROSCOPY; PELVIS TUMOR; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGECTOMY; SURGICAL SPONGE; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 0037490584     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7292(03)00139-5     Document Type: Article

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