Gossypiboma; As a case of intestinal obstruction

Gossypiboma or textiloma is used to describe a retained surgical swab in the body after an operation. inadvertent retention of a foreign body in the abdomen often requires another surgery(1). this increases morbidity and mortality of the patient,cost of treatment,and medicolegal problems. we are reporting case of a 30-year-old woman who was referred from periphery with acute pain in abdomen. she had a surgical history of c-section 2 months back,performed at another hospital. on clinical examination and investigation,an abdominal mass was suspected. that is a retained surgical sponge mass further confirmed by abdominal computerized tomography (ct). during laparotomy,there was found retained surgical gauze that confirmed the diagnosis of gossypiboma.