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Intra-Abdominal Foreign Bodies: Gossypiboma and Abdominal Wall Meshes

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Intra-abdominal retained foreign bodies are still a significant problem for the radiologist because of an unexpected report and because of legal and ethical concerns. Their presence must be detected to avoid their attendant complications because delays in the diagnosis could increase morbidity and mortality of patients. Also, sometimes, abdominal wall meshes may produce complications like foreign bodies and are part of the same problem. In most cases, standard abdominal radiography will reveal the presence of foreign bodies, especially if they show a radio-opaque pattern, but rarely identifies complications. Ultrasound can often detect foreign bodies but sonographic pattern is sometimes nonspecific and some of the complications are difficult to identify. Computed tomography is able to identify accurately both the presence of foreign bodies and their complications and provides diagnostic elements that are essential to the therapy. This chapter presents the imaging features of foreign bodies using a multitechnique approach and discusses the most important related complications.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Radiological Imaging, CT Body Unit, Cardarelli Hospital, Via A. Cardarelli, 9 – 80131, Naples, Italy

    Nicola Gagliardi, Nicoletta Pignatelli Di Spinazzola, Giuseppe Ruggiero & Carlo Muzj

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Gagliardi, N., Pignatelli Di Spinazzola, N., Di Mauro, V., Ruggiero, G., Muzj, C. (2014). Intra-Abdominal Foreign Bodies: Gossypiboma and Abdominal Wall Meshes. In: Pinto, A., Romano, L. (eds) Imaging of Foreign Bodies. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5406-6_4

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