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Breast Cancer (Expert Forum)
seroma
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Cleveland Clinic - Breast cancer
Cleveland - OH
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seroma
by handpt, Jun 04, 2007 12:00AM
I am curious about the use of a new treatment. I had a bilateral mastectomy following a Stage I DCI. I had a seroma that responded to use of cold laser (ML830). The benefit was that there was no heat or puncture into the skin to treat it. There was no contrainidication because I am cancer free. Do you have any advise about this? Also, what causes these to start?
Doctor's Answer
by Cleveland Clinic, Jun 05, 2007 12:00AM
, Jun 05, 2007 12:00AM
Dear handpt: Seroma refers to a collection of serous fluid (the pale yellow straw colored fluid that is produced by lymph vessels and by the tissues that lie under the skin. This is a common complication after mastectomy and thought to be caused by the fact that the mastectomy operation leaves a lot of 'empty space' under the skin where the breast tissue used to be. The walls around this empty space are raw and can ooze serous fluid - causing it to gather up in the space beneath the wound. The fact that the walls of the empty space are inflamed seems to trigger the seroma fluid.
Member Comments (1)
by lahna6, Apr 18, 2008 08:05PM
A related discussion, how to treat a seroma was started.
by ANDREI663, Jun 30, 2008 08:49PM
A related discussion, Seroma was started.
