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Revista Archivo Médico de Camagüey
versão On-line ISSN 1025-0255
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QUINTANA SOUZA, Rider; LOPEZ MAYEDO, Javier e PACHECO TELLEZ, Francisco. Surgical compress left in cavity for fourteen years. A case report. AMC [online]. 2006, vol.10, n.4, pp. 99-107. ISSN 1025-0255.
This paper reports on white, 52 year female who sought care for two abdominal holesthat discharged a fetid fluid. The patient, whose urine smelled the same as the abdominal fluid, under went surgery for abdominal and vaginal fecal fistulae. Upon performing laparotomy, a compress that had been left in cavity fourteen years back after hysterectomy was found. Upon performing colon resection, a textiloma- associated tumor was found, according to histologic examination, it was an adenocarcinoma.
Palavras-chave : SURGICAL SPONGES; ADENOCARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; LAPAROTOMY.