A surgical gauze appearing as a retrocardiac mass in a patient after coronary artery bypass surgery

Authors
Unverdorben, M Bauer, U Oster, H Kraska, H Vallbracht, C
Citation
M. Unverdorben et al., A surgical gauze appearing as a retrocardiac mass in a patient after coronary artery bypass surgery, EUR J RAD, 29(3), 1999, pp. 273-275
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology ,Nuclear Medicine & Imaging
Journal title
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY
ISSN journal
0720048X → ACNP
Volume
29
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
273 - 275
Database
ISI
SICI code
0720-048X(199903)29:3<273:ASGAAA>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Five years after open chest surgery because of three vessel coronary artery disease a patient was referred for progressing dyspnea and recent onset of atrial fibrillation. A retrocardiac mass was detected on chest X-ray and e chocardiography. On CT-scan, the inhomogenous tumor made the diagnosis of a retained surgical gauze likely. Through a left incision the sponge was rem oved uneventfully and the dyspnea resolved. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Irela nd Ltd. All rights reserved.