The term "gossypiboma" or "textiloma" is used to describe a mass of retained cotton matrix and the surrounding inflammatory response inside a body cavity following surgical intervention. The precise incidence of this phenomenon is uncertain, as cases are frequently underreported due to concerns related to medical malpractice. This rare complication poses a diagnostic dilemma due to the non-specific clinical and radiological features, which can result in significant morbidity and mortality.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe majority of breast malignancies are either ductal or lobular tumors. A rare benign neoplasm of adnexal origin, cylindroma of the breast, was first described 23 years ago, and 21 cases have been documented in the literature since then. We report a case of a breast cylindroma on a 62-year-old woman who presented with a nodule first detected by a national mammographic screening program.
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