National News Tumor turns out to be 25-year-old towel

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Doctors who carried out surgery on a man to remove a tumor found that what had been causing him pain was a 25-year-old surgical towel. The 49-year-old patient had been carrying the cloth since 1983, when surgeons at the Asahi General Hospital in Chiba Prefecture left it in him after an operation to treat an ulcer. (AP)

25年前の手術のタオルが体内に

49歳の男性患者が腹部の腫瘍の摘出手術を受けたところ、腫瘍と思われていたのは25年前に受けた手術の際に体内に置き忘れたタオルであることが分かった。

Shukan ST: June 13, 2008

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