Sonographic appearance of a retained surgical sponge after thyroidectomy: Report of three cases

Autor:	Hüseyin Akan, Ramazan Aydin, Ahmet Veysel Polat, Ümit Belet
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Ultrasound Surgical Sponges Thyroidectomy Computed tomography Acoustic shadow Medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Radiology Ultrasonography business Foreign Bodies Abdominal surgery
Zdroj:	Journal of Clinical Ultrasound. 41:46-49
ISSN:	0091-2751
DOI:	10.1002/jcu.22033
Popis:	Although a number of cases of retained surgical sponge (RSS) after thoracic and abdominal surgery have been reported in the literature, the occurrence of RSS after thyroidectomy is very rare. We report the imaging findings of three cases of RSS after thyroidectomy. Sonography of the three patients revealed a hyperechoic mass with marked acoustic shadow. Computed tomography showed a well-defined, circumscribed heterogeneous mass that had gas bubbles inside in two patients, whereas the mass in the third patient was hyperdense and homogenous with smooth margins. All three RSSs were surgically removed. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 41:46–49, 2013
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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