Surgical intervention may not always be required in gossypiboma with intraluminal migration

Gossypiboma is the technical term for a retained surgical sponge.Because of legal-ethical concerns, there have not been many publications on this topic.Delays in diagnosis and treatment might increase mortality and morbidity.Radiological imaging is used in diagnosis.We present a case of gossypiboma that had fistulized to bulbous following hydatic cyst surgery.We established the diagnosis with endoscopy and followed its migration endoscopically.