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Intrathoracic Gossypiboma

Rachna Madan1, Beatrice Trotman-Dickenson and Andetta R. Hunsaker

1 All authors: Department of Radiology, Thoracic Radiology Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis St., Boston, MA 02115.


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  		Fig. 1A —53-year-old woman with history of cardiac surgery. Axial image from contrast-enhanced CT of chest shows cystic left paracardiac mass adjacent to left ventricle. Thin rim of peripheral calcification is noted at periphery of mass; mass has cystic contents interspersed with more dense soft tissue seen in its lateral portion.

 

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  		Fig. 1B —53-year-old woman with history of cardiac surgery. Coronal reformatted image from contrast-enhanced CT of chest shows large left paracardiac mass posterior to left ventricle has thin rim of peripheral calcification and contains large coarse chunks of calcification in center of mass. Calcifications are interspersed with cystic and soft-tissue contents. No enhancement is evident. Mass appears to adhere to left pericardial surface.

 

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  		Fig. 1C —53-year-old woman with history of cardiac surgery. Photograph of excised mass shows complex cystic lesion measuring 9 x 7 x 4 cm. Two pieces of retained gauze (arrows) are shown on left.

 

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