Diagnosis of perigraft seroma formation by use of echocardiography after modified Blalock-Taussig shunt.
Perigraft seroma is a collection of non-secretory fibrous pseudomembrane surrounding a vascular graft, which is a collection of clear, sterile fluid. Thoracal computed tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and thoracal ultrasonography have been proposed for diagnosis of this pathology. A consecutive modified Blalock-Taussig (m-BT) shunt complicated by perigraft seroma formation, which is diagnosed using a Doppler ultrasonography (US), is presented here.
Dogan
Omer Faruk
OF
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. ofdogan@hacettepe.edu.tr
Duman
Umit
U
Karagoz
Tevfik
T
Ozkutlu
Suheyla
S
Ersoy
Unsal
U
D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018633:Pulmonary Atresia / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D049291:Seroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000601:surgery; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000009:adverse effects