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01.07.2003 | Case Report
Slowly Developing Perigraft Seroma After a Modified Blalock–Taussig Shunt
Erschienen in: Pediatric Cardiology | Ausgabe 4/2003
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We report a 26-year-old patient with slowly developing perigraft seroma 15 years after a modified Blalock–Taussig shunt with an expanded polytetrafluorethylene graft. The mediastinal mass was first observed on a chest x-ray film 8 years after the shunt operation. The mass contained massive gelatinous or organic tissues with a severely calcified pseudocapsule, and it was adjacent to the calcified but functioning graft. No fluid collections were noted. The histological findings were compatible with a seroma. No recurrence was noted on last follow-up 1 year postoperatively.