Calcified Intravesical Gossypiboma
Following Abdominal Hysterectomy:
A Case Report
Published: June 1, 2011 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2011/.1366
PRASAD MYLARAPPA, H.C. SRIKANTAIAH
Corresponding Author.
Associate professor, Department of Urology,
M.S. Ramaiah Medical College and Hospital,
Bangalore- 560054, India.
Correspondence
Prasad Mylarappa
Associate professor, Department of Urology,
M.S. Ramaiah Medical College and Hospital,
Bangalore- 560054, India.
A retained surgical foreign body is a ubiquitous medical error which occurs when nonabsorbable materials are used. The migration of a retained surgical sponge into the bladder after a gynecological procedure is rare. The calcification of migrated sponge inside the bladder without a fistula is even more unusual. This is a rare case in which the surgical sponge accidentally retained after abdominal hysterectomy, eroded into the bladder with calcification around it forming a big vesical calculus.
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