[Pleural Textiloma discovered after treatment of a persistant arterial channel]

ABSTRACT

Post-operative foreign bodies are rare and inlocalized in the abdomen for the majority of cases. 80% of these foreign bodies were textiloma. Report a new case of post operative body localized in the pleukral cavity. A 6 years old boy, prevresly treated on age 11 months for persisitant arterial channel, was admitted with diagnosis of non systematized operety in middle fueld of cefts lung. Tumor with a posserior shadow one evaluated to scan alloy 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 uneventful. Pleural textiloma, is rare but it still severe complications with its life listening wish an medico legal consequences