Gossypiboma or textiloma is used to describe a surgical complication due to retained surgical swab in the body after a surgery. Most commonly gossypibomas occur in the abdominal or pelvic cavity. The patients may present with acute complications like fistulas or may go unnoticed for long duration. We present a case of 46 year old female who had come to the out patients department with complaint of abdominal pain and belching for the past two weeks. There was an old history of tubal ligation 20 years back and abdominal hysterectomy five years back from some other hospital. She was obese with normal vitals. An abdominal mass arising from the pelvis occupying the entire hypogastrium extending into the left illiac fossa was felt. Sonography and CT scan suggested of Ovarian dermoid fibroma.laprotomy, an intact mass was removed. The growth revealed a surgical mop measuring 15 x 10 cm and confirmed the diagnosis of gossypiboma.

Gossypiboma, Textiloma, retained surgical mop, foreign body