Pleural Textiloma discovered after treatment of a persistant arterial channel

Authors

  • Olfa Hammami
  • Jamel Ammar
  • Agnés Hamzaoui

Keywords:

Chondroma, soft tissue, main

Abstract

Background: Post-operative foreign bodies are rare and inlocalized in the abdomen for the majority of cases. 80% of these foreign bodies were textiloma.
Aim : Report a new case of post operative body localized in the pleukral cavity.
Case : A 6 years old boy, prevresly treated on age 11 months for persisitant arterial channel, was admitted with the diagnosis of persistant left pneumopathy since 6 months. Thorax x ray showed a non systematized operety in middle fueld of cefts lung.
Ultrasonography demonstrated a plural hyperchonic.
Tumor with a posserior shadow one evaluated to scan aloy its longitudinal axis secondary by condensation of lung tissue, this among evolued in textiloma.
CT scan showed a condensation of lung tissue hyperdense tumor in its center. Pleuval membrane because thick the foreign body was removed significally and a pleural decortication was performed post operative course was unevent ful
Conclusion : pleural textiloma, is rare but it still severe complications with its life listening wish an medico legal consequences.

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2010-10-01

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