Thoracic Radiology by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783030357658
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

9.Gossypiboma: this term is used to describe the formation of granulation tissue around a foreign body such as a retained surgical gauze. Most commonly, it occurs in the pleural space, but sometimes the mass can invaginate within the pulmonary parenchyma, simulating a parenchymal lesion. CT will show a mass frequently with capsular enhancement and a central hyperdensity. Often, air can be present at the center of the lesion. During the early postoperative course, the mass can be radiologically confused with an abscess, a loculated empyema, a complicated hematoma or a seroma. In later stages, the differential diagnoses include chronic infections, granulomatous processes, neoformations.

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