Abstract
Retained surgical sponge is an uncommon complication in neurosurgical practice. We report two patients with retained surgical gauze and describe the clinical presentation and the characteristics of the foreign body on MRI.
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Mathew, J.M., Rajshekhar, V. & Chandy, M.J. MRI features of neurosurgical gossypiboma: report of two cases. Neuroradiology 38, 468–469 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00607280
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00607280