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POST SURGICAL FLUID COLLECTIONS

POST OPERATIVE SEROMA

Patient 3
62-year-old male with myxoid malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the right thigh.
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(01/09/91) Coronal T1W MR image reveals intermediate signal intensity mass in right thigh. Patient underwent wide local excision.

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(09/05/91) Axial T1W MR image obtained 8 months after surgery reveals low intensity seroma.

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(09/05/91) Axial T2W MR image reveals a small focus of layering hemorrhage within the seroma (arrow on JPEG image). Fine needle aspiration performed the same day revealed serous fluid and no malignancy.

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(01/11/93) Axial T1W MR imaging obtained about 16 months following previous MRI and 2 years after the surgery reveals high signal intensity fluid indicating that ongoing hemorrhage has occurred. No history of recent trauma.

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01/11/93) Axial T2W MR image reveals high intensity hemorrhage and heterogeneous appearance of fluid collection. Fine needle aspiration at this time revealed hemorrhagic fluid and no malignancy.


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