Diseases

Seroma

Tumor-like sterile accumulation of serum in a tissue, organ, or cavity. It results from a tissue insult and is the product of tissue inflammation. It most commonly occurs following MASTECTOMY.

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Tumor-like sterile accumulation of serum in a tissue, organ, or cavity. It results from a tissue insult and is the product of tissue inflammation. It most commonly occurs following MASTECTOMY.

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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non neoplastic

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2005

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Seroma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D049291. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D049291
  2. Seroma. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seroma
  3. Seroma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q727291