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Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association 45:89-92 (2009)
© 2009 American Animal Hospital Association

Case Report

Extravesical Textiloma (Gossypiboma) Mimicking a Bladder Tumor in a Dog

Jack-Yves Deschamps, DVM, MS, PhD and Françoise A. Roux, DVM, MS, PhD

From the Department of Clinical Sciences, Emergency and Critical Care Unit, Nantes School of Veterinary Medicine, Atlanpole, La Chantrerie, BP 40 706, 44 307 Nantes cedex 03, France.

Sponges can be inadvertently left behind during surgery. A retained surgical sponge is called a textiloma, gossypiboma, or gauzoma. This complication is rare and rarely reported. These foreign bodies can lead to postoperative infection or abscess formation, while others remain asymptomatic for many years before leading to a granuloma with adhesions. This paper reports a case of extravesical textiloma in a spayed female dog with severe hematuria and a thickened bladder wall, mimicking a tumor on ultrasound. Clinical signs occurred >8 years after sterilization.






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