Clinical, pathological and radiological features of paraspinal textiloma: report of two cases and review of the literature

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Tarih

2009

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Termedia Publishing House Ltd

Erişim Hakkı

info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess

Özet

Textiloma is a term Used for retained cottonoid or surgical sponge in the operation field. Although they occur mostly after thoracic or abdominal operation, they can also be encountered after surgery of extremities or the spine. There are few reports of spinal cases in which MR and CT imaging findings of textilomas have been described. In this report, two additional cases with MR, CT and pathological features of paraspinal textilomas are described. CT image demonstrated a paraspinal mass simulating a malignant tumour. While T1-weighted MR images showed the masses with low signal intensity, T2-weighted MR images showed heterogenous masses with low and high signal intensities.

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Anahtar Kelimeler

Foreign Body, Gauzoma, Gossypiboma, Textiloma, Retained Surgical Sponges, Gossypiboma, Ct, Technology, Mimicking, Surgery, Mr

Kaynak

Neurologia I Neurochirurgia Polska

WoS Q Değeri

Q4

Scopus Q Değeri

Q2

Cilt

43

Sayı

5

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