Gossypiboma Mimicking Fluorodeoxyglucose-avid Lung Nodule.

Dubois, Richard L; Raisig, Eric; Stanifer, Bryan Payne · Ann Thorac Surg · 2020

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We present the case of a 55-year-old woman with a fluorodeoxyglucose-avid lung nodule 8 months after a coronary artery bypass graft procedure. This mass was later discovered to be a gossypiboma caused by retained surgical sponge material. There have been prior reports of intrathoracic gossypiboma presenting with various imaging findings; however, none that have presented as a positron emission tomography-avid lung nodule mimicking a malignancy.

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