English

Noun

textiloma ‎(plural textilomas)

1. A mass of cotton matrix that is left behind in a body cavity during an operation.

References

• Ali Ihsan Okten, Mehmet Adam, Yurdal Gezercan, “Textiloma: a case of foreign body mimicking a spinal mass”, in the European Spine Journal, Springer (2006), volume 15 (supplement 5), pages 626–629: “Textiloma and gossypiboma are non-medical terms used to describe a mass of cotton matrix that is left behind in a body cavity during an operation.”