Foreign body reaction to a retained surgical sponge (gossypiboma) mimicking an implant associated sarcoma in a dog after a tibial plateau levelling osteotomy

E. E. Corbin; R. P. Cavanaugh; J. L. Fick; K. P. McAbee; B. Powers

doi:10.3415/VCOT-11-12-0188

Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Table of Contents

Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 2013; 26(02): 147-153
DOI: 10.3415/VCOT-11-12-0188

Case Report

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Foreign body reaction to a retained surgical sponge (gossypiboma) mimicking an implant associated sarcoma in a dog after a tibial plateau levelling osteotomy

Authors

E. E. Corbin

¹University of Minnesota, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Surgery, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
R. P. Cavanaugh

²VCA Alameda East Veterinary Hospital, Department of Surgery, Denver, Colorado, USA
J. L. Fick

²VCA Alameda East Veterinary Hospital, Department of Surgery, Denver, Colorado, USA
K. P. McAbee

²VCA Alameda East Veterinary Hospital, Department of Surgery, Denver, Colorado, USA
B. Powers

³Colorado State University, Diagnostic Laboratories, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

Abstract

Summary

A dog was presented with the complaint of an acute onset left pelvic limb lameness three years after a right tibial plateau levelling osteotomy had been performed. Radiographs taken at the time of presentation showed signs that were consistent with a diagnosis of an implant associated sarcoma. At revision surgery, a retained surgical sponge was identified, leading to a diagnosis of a gossypiboma. This is the first reported case of a gossypiboma as a complication of a tibial plateau levelling osteotomy surgery.

Keywords

Gossypiboma - textiloma - tibial plateau levelling osteotomy - implant associated sarcoma - TPLO

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