Retained surgical sponge

Cardiovasc Pathol. 2017 Mar-Apr:27:43-44. doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2017.01.002. Epub 2017 Jan 10.

Authors

Melanie C Bois¹, John P Bois², Sunil V Mankad², Phillip M Young³, Joseph John Maleszewski⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
² Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
³ Division of Cardiovascular Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
⁴ Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.; Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.. Electronic address: maleszewski.joseph@mayo.edu.

PMID: 28092809
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2017.01.002

No abstract available

Keywords: Foreign body; Gossypiboma; Tumor.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Foreign Bodies / complications*
Foreign Bodies / pathology
Foreign-Body Reaction
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / etiology*
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery