title: Perigraft seroma diagnosed by echocardiography: a complication following Blalock-Taussig shunt.
abstract: Perigraft seroma is a specific clinicopathologic entity, which is a collection of clear, sterile fluid, confined within a nonsecretory fibrous pseudomembrane surrounding a vascular graft. Serous leaks and/or seroma formation from polytetrafluoroethylene grafts have been reported in peripheral arteriovenous anastomoses, arterial grafts and subclavian pulmonary anastomoses. We present a case of seroma formation which developed after a Blalock-Taussig shunt operation constructed with a polytetrafluoroethylene graft in a child with tricuspid atresia and which was diagnosed by echocardiography.
authors.affiliation: Hacettepe University Child Health Institute, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozkutlu
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ozbarlas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Demircin
mesh_terms: D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene