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Unusual complication after mitral valve surgery in a systemic lupus erythematosus patient — giant postoperative thoracic seroma

^a Department of Cardiology, Elisabethinen Public Hospital, Fadingerstrasse 1, 4010 Linz, Austria
^b Department of Radiology, Elisabethinen Public Hospital, Fadingerstrasse 1, 4010 Linz, Austria
^c University Teaching Hospital of the University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
^d University Teaching Hospital of the University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Received 15 April 2009; received in revised form 14 May 2009; accepted 18 May 2009.

^_* Corresponding author. Tel.: +43 732 7676 4919; fax: +43 732 7676 3289. (Email: martin.martinek@elisabethinen.or.at).

Key Words: Mitral valve surgery • Thoracic seroma • Systemic lupus erythematosus • Complication

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We report a case of a female systemic lupus erythematosus patient developing a giant postoperative seroma after mitral valve surgery (partial decortication and . . . [Full Text of this Article]