Gossypiboma
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thumb|Mini-laparotomy revealed gossypiboma (grasped by the clamp). thumb|Surgical specimen (gossypiboma). Gossypiboma, textiloma or more broadly Retained Foreign Object (RFO) is the technical term for surgical complications resulting from foreign materials, such as a surgical sponge, accidentally left inside a patient's body.
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thumb|Mini-laparotomy revealed gossypiboma (grasped by the clamp). thumb|Surgical specimen (gossypiboma). Gossypiboma, textiloma or more broadly Retained Foreign Object (RFO) is the technical term for surgical complications resulting from foreign materials, such as a surgical sponge, accidentally left inside a patient's body.
==Etymology== Gossypiboma is derived from Latin gossypium (cotton) and "-oma"(Greek combining element) meaning a tumor or growth. Gossypiboma describes a mass within a patient's body comprising a cotton matrix surrounded by a foreign body granuloma.
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