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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005;28:355-357
© 2005 Elsevier Science NL

Case report

Transdiaphragmatic migration of forgotten gauze sponge: an unreported entity of lung abscess

Ghulam Nabi Lone a , * , Asif Hamid Bhat a , Mohamad Yousuf Tak b , Showkat Ahmad Garcoo b

a Department of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery, Sheri-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar, Kashmir 190011, India
b Department of Anesthesiology, Sheri-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar, Kashmir 190011, India

Received 1 March 2005; received in revised form 19 April 2005; accepted 20 April 2005.

* Corresponding author. Present address: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Skims, Soura, Srinagar, Kashmir (India), Post Box No. 1222, G.P.O. Srinagar–190001, India. Tel.: +91 194 2490915/2402593; fax: +91 194 2404248. (Email: gn_lone{at}yahoo.co.in).

Migration of left in foreign bodies like gauze sponge into intestine, stomach, urinary bladder and their extrusion through umbilicus or rectum is well known. We report a unique case wherein a gauze sponge was left in abdominal cavity 25 years back at the time of initial surgery. This patient who had not undergone any thoracic surgery in the past was recently subjected to posterolateral thoracotomy for a right sided lung abscess and a large sponge gauze was unbelievably recovered from the area of lung abscess.

Key Words: Surgical sponge • Migration • Lung abscess • Diaphragm






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