Gossy-pibomas; Concealed Causes of an Acute Abdomen

Tayyeba Jaffri; Muhammad Ben Mustafa; Hassam Abdullah; Syed Shahzad Hussain; Syed Basit Riaz; Kanwal Hyder

doi:10.51253/pafmj.v73i1.9344

Authors

Tayyeba Jaffri Combined Military Hospital, Gujranwala /National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Pakistan
Muhammad Ben Mustafa Combined Military Hospital, Gujranwala /National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Pakistan
Hassam Abdullah Combined Military Hospital, Gujranwala /National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Pakistan
Syed Shahzad Hussain Pakistan Naval Ship Hafeez, Islamabad Pakistan
Syed Basit Riaz Civil Hospital, Jalalpur Jattan Pakistan
Kanwal Hyder Combined Military Hospital, Malir/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51253/pafmj.v73i1.9344

Keywords:

Acute abdomen, Caesarean section, Gossypibomas

Abstract

Our case was a 30-year-old patient who had recently given birth via Caesarean Section two months before reporting to our
hospital with pain abdomen as the chief complaint; her systemic examination, less abdominal tenderness and tachycardia, was
unremarkable with only slightly raised TLC. The Diagnosis of Gossypiboma was made after a CT scan and laparotomy were
done to remove the Gossypiboma with the surrounding fluid sent for culture and sensitivity test. She was kept post-operative
on antibiotics and discharged after uneventful recovery.