Surgeons: Man's 'Tumor' Turned Out to Be 25-Year-Old Towel
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Surgeons in Japan thought they were removing a tumor from a 49-year-old man who was suffering from abdominal pain in late May.
Instead, they found a 25-year-old surgical towel that had crumpled into what looked like a softball-shaped tumor, Agence France-Presse reported.
The patient apparently had been carrying the cloth since 1983, when surgeons left it in him after minor ulcer surgery.
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He went to Asahi General Hospital in late May after suffering pain. Doctors, at the time, found what they believed to be an 8-centimeter tumor.
According to an Asahi General Hospital spokesman: "The towel was greenish-blue although we are not sure about its original color."