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Fig. 1 | General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases

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From: Subcutaneous extension of perigraft seroma after thoracic aortic surgery — report of three cases

Fig. 1

A Enhanced CT findings in case 1. Enhanced CT revealed a subcutaneous low-density mass (red arrow) sized 33 × 32 mm in the center of the median sternotomy, continuous with a 25-mm-wide area of fluid collection (blue arrow) around the ascending aortic graft with no extravasation of contrast media observed. The gap of the closed sternum was also visualized (yellow arrow). B Chart for case 1 patient body temperature and C-reactive protein level. Shown is the chart of body temperature (red point) and C-reactive protein levels (green point) recording during hospitalization. On day 12 after admission, a fever developed, and the creative protein level was drastically elevated to 11.2 mg/dL

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