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Fig. 2 | General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases

Fig. 2

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

Fig. 2

A Enhanced CT findings in case 2. Enhanced CT revealed a subcutaneous low-density mass (red arrow) sized 21 × 43 mm in the center of the median sternotomy, continuous with a 19-mm-wide area of fluid collection (blue arrow) around the ascending aortic graft with no extravasation of contrast media observed. B Chart for recording case 2 patient body temperature and C-reactive protein level. Shown is the chart of body temperature (red point) and C-reactive protein levels (green point) recorded during hospitalization. No fever was noted during hospitalization, while the C-reactive protein level showed a rapid decrease just after starting antibiotic therapy for pneumonia. C Schema of continuous aspiration drainage catheter treatment. The patient was treated with continuous aspiration drainage under negative pressure using a small-bore aspiration catheter (8Fr Argyle™ Fukuroi trocar aspiration kit, Cardinal Health, Dublin, Ohio) inserted through a subcutaneous point 4 cm from the tumor. A catheter insertion site kept clean by covering with a wound dressing material, in order to prevent from a retrograde infection. D CT findings 1 month after treatment with aspiration drainage. The subcutaneous tumor had disappeared, and no perigraft fluid was collected.

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