title: Late onset seroma post-thymectomy presenting as cardiac tamponade.
abstract: Late onset seroma is a rare post-operative complication occurring after various surgeries including thymectomy. Most cases are asymptomatic; however, seromas occurring in the mediastinal cavity may cause compression symptoms including airway compression or cardiac tamponade. We present a 62-year-old male with a history of thymectomy for myasthenia gravis who presented with cardiac tamponade several years ago. Further evaluation revealed a late onset seroma anteriorly compressing the cardiac chambers resulting in tamponade physiology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Dilli Ram
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Poudel
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA; smithgiri963@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Smith
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Giri
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Ranjan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pathak
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morsey
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Shadwan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alsafwah
keywords: complication; seroma; thymectomy