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Original article| Volume 16, ISSUE 4, P259-262, October 1992

Magnetic resonance imaging of retained surgical sponges case report

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0899-7071(92)90009-X
Magnetic resonance imaging of retained surgical sponges case report
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      Abstract

      The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features of sponges retained postsurgically in three patients are described. MRI depicted these as well-defined round masses, which were of low signal intensity on T1-weighted images and very high signal intensity on T2-weighted images. We scrutinized these masses on T2-weighted images. MRI revealed the low-signal-intensity structures to have wavy, striped, and/or spotted appearances, which raised the suspicion that they might be retained surgical sponges within mass lesions.

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      Publication history

      Accepted: March 2, 1992

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0899-7071(92)90009-X

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      © 1992 Published by Elsevier Inc.

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