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A subcutaneous fluid collection after the Bentall procedure in a female patient with giant cell arteritis

Author(s) -

Samantha Guimaron,

Jean-François Heautot,

Bérangère Cador-Rousseau,

JeanPhilippe Verhoye

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1093/ejcts/ezy432

Subject(s) - medicine , seroma , surgery , pulsatile flow , giant cell arteritis , vasculitis , complication , disease

We report a 61-year-old woman with a history of untreated inflammatory symptoms, who underwent a Bentall procedure for a rapidly evolving aneurysm. Postoperatively, she presented with a sub-sternal pulsatile mass communicating with a periaortic collection. After excluding surgical and infectious complications, an inflammatory seroma due to an uncontrolled vasculitis was suspected. We proposed a non-surgical approach involving immunosuppressive therapy.

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