Presentation
Painful swelling of the lateral aspect of the left thigh with no fever, intertrochanteric frature of the left hip treated by dynamic hip screw fixation three weeks ago.
Patient Data
Age: 70 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Retained surgical gauze - soft tissue
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There is a relatively well-defined fusiform mass within the vast lateralis muscle, spontaneously hyperdense with a hypodense central area (air). No enhancement seen on postcontrast images. A deep subcutaneous hypodense collection with no peripheral enhancement is seen along the cutaneous scar (effusion of serosity).
From the case:
Retained surgical gauze - soft tissue
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The annotated images showing the location of the foreign body (retained gauze)
Case Discussion
CT features of a soft tissue foreign body. At surgery, a surgical gauze (or textiloma) was removed from the same area.
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