Clinical case of diagnosing a metallic foreign body in the abdominal cavity

A rare clinical case of a long-term asymptomatic presence of a metallic foreign body (surgical clamp) left in the abdominal cavity after cholecystectomy is presented, demonstrating the diagnostic difficulties and potential complications, and emphasizing the importance of a thorough revision of the surgical field and alertness to foreign bodies in the anamnesis. Clinical case. Patient G, 68-years-old female, was hospitalized in the Scientific Research Institute – Ochapovsky Regional Clinical Hospital №1 with the diagnosis: Abscessed foreign body (surgical clamp) in the abdominal cavity. From the anamnesis: a foreign body in the abdominal cavity was incidentally discovered during an X-ray examination of the spine in 2019, performed for unrelated reasons. Not extracted due to the patient’s unwillingness. The patient underwent emergency surgery, with technical difficulties, after complications developed.