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.
The patient apparently had been carrying the cloth since 1983, when surgeons left it in him after minor ulcer surgery.
According to an Asahi General Hospital spokesman: "The towel was greenish-blue although we are not sure about its original color."
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