Textiloma presenting as a lump in abdomen: A case report.

Introduction: Textiloma or Gossypiboma is a mass comprising of cotton matrix within the body left accidentally during a surgical procedure. It is estimated that retained surgical foreign bodies occur one in every 5,500-18,760 inpatient operations but the incidence may be as high as one out of every 1,000-1,500 abdominal cavity operations, and even more common during emergency surgeries. There have also been rare case reports of Transmural migration of retained surgical swab which is a rare phenomenon.