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Clinical Image

Volume 5, Issue 11 (November Issue)

Gossypiboma Twenty-Years After Kidney Transplant

Bruno Fraga Dias1*, Roberto Marques2, Cristina Freitas1 and La Salete Martins1,3

1Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António, Porto, Portugal
2Nephrology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Algarve, Faro, Portugal
3Unit for Multidisciplinary Investigation in Biomedicine (UMIB), Porto, Portugal

*Corresponding author: Bruno Fraga Dias, Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António, Porto, Portugal. E-mail: brunofragadias@gmail.com

Received: November 09, 2023; Accepted: November 24, 2023; Published: December 05, 2023

Citation: Dias BF, Marques RC, Freitas C, Martins LS. Gossypiboma Twenty-Years After Kidney Transplant. Clin Image Case Rep J. 2023; 5(11): 357.

Gossypiboma Twenty-Years After Kidney Transplant
Abstract

A 66-year-old man diagnosed with IgA nephropathy, currently undergoing hemodialysis, presented at the emergency department with new-onset right abdominal pain and fever. Twenty years prior, he had received his first kidney transplant in the right iliac region at another medical center, followed by a second kidney transplant in the left iliac region four years ago. Upon admission to the emergency department, the patient exhibited a febrile state and arterial hypotension. The complementary study revealed several significant clinical findings, including anemia (Hb 8.5g/dL), thrombocytopenia (59000/mm3), an elevated C-reactive protein level (85mg/L), a procalcitonin level of 215ng/mL, and a serum lactate concentration of 4.2mmol/L. An immediate abdominal computed tomography scan was performed, revealing a substantial retroperitoneal mass measuring approximately 12x10x10 cm. This mass was located between the right iliac region and the patient's native right kidney, enclosed within a pseudocapsule that contained a voluminous collection, where there was a suspicion of the presence of a foreign body. The medical team promptly initiated broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy and intravenous fluids. Notwithstanding these interventions, the patient developed septic shock and urgent surgical exploration was decided. In the operating room, a large encapsulated soft mass was identified. An attempt was made to separate it, resulting in the release of fetid, purulent, and hemorrhagic contents; within this material was a large compress, which was extracted. He was transferred to the intensive care unit, where his condition continued to deteriorate, marked by worsening shock and multiple organ dysfunctions. Despite medical interventions the shock remained refractory, and the patient was taken back to the operating room for urgent surgical exploration to control the sources of bleeding. Hemorrhage was identified on the surgical drape, and packing was performed with compresses to manage the bleeding. Unfortunately, despite all medical interventions, the patient died on the same day.