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VIDRIO-DUARTE, Ramón et al. Transmural colonic migration of a retained surgical sponge (Gossypiboma) which clinically mimicked a colonic tumor: A case report. Rev. med. Hosp. Gen. Méx. [online]. 2020, vol.83, n.4, pp.168-171.  Epub 06-Set-2021. ISSN 2524-177X.  https://doi.org/10.24875/hgmx.20000052.

We report the case of a 30-year-old female being studied for a colonic tumor, on the computed tomography-scan an abdominal mass with wall reinforcement and air bubbles suggestive of a retained sponge, Barium enema showed an extraluminal radiopaque marker and a mass migrated into the colon, on surgery, an enterocolic fistula was found, and we resected the ascending colon and 40 cm of terminal ileum and performed a ileotranverse anastomosis. Gossypibomas, despite preventive measures, remain a concern for surgeons due to its medicolegal implications, a high clinical suspicion leads to a correct diagnostic protocol and an early treatment.

Palavras-chave : Gossypiboma; Surgical sponge; Textiloma; Foreign bodies; Fistula.