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CT (left picture) showed a mass lesion with abscess in the right axillary region, and this was compared with plain radiograph. An incorporated radiopaque marker could be found (right picture, arrow).
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Abdomen- and chest-computed tomography (CT) showed a 57 mm mass lesion with abscess in the right axillary region (Figure 1), and percutaneous abscess drainage (PAD) was performed at ED.
Left picture: foreign body granuloma-like retained surgical sponge was noted in the operation. Right picture: Gauze removed from the wound.
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We found a subcutaneous abscess over the right chest wall near the axillary, and a large amount of pus with granulation tissue material and a foreign body was suspected (Figure 2).