Calcified reticulate rind sign:A characteristic feature of gossypiboma on computed tomography

作     者：Yi-Ying Lu Yun-Chung Cheung Sheung-Fat Ko Shu-Hang Ng 

作者机构：Department of Diagnostic Radiology Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Taiwan China College of Medicine and School of Medical Technology Chang Gung University Taiwan China 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2005年第11卷第31期

页      面：4927-4929页

核心收录：

学科分类：0831[工学-生物医学工程（可授工学、理学、医学学位）] 100207[医学-影像医学与核医学] 1006[医学-中西医结合] 1002[医学-临床医学] 1001[医学-基础医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 08[工学] 1010[医学-医学技术（可授医学、理学学位）] 100106[医学-放射医学] 100602[医学-中西医结合临床] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Gossypiboma Textiloma Retained surgical swab CT 

摘      要：We herein report a gossypiboma resulting from a retained surgical swab, which had been left in peritoneum for 20years after appendectomy. CT revealed a cystic mass with a calcified reticulate rind. Subsequent surgery and pathological examination showed a gossypiboma. A simple experiment, using a barium-soaked surgical swab demonstrating similar CT appearance, supported our postulation that calcium deposition on the reticulated fibers of a surgical swab could generate such a characteristic calcified reticulate rind sign. We believe that identification of this CT sign facilitates the diagnosis of gossypibomas.