A CASE OF POSTMASTECTOMY LYMPHANGIOSARCOMA (STEWART-TREVES SYNDROME)
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A case of Stewart-Treves syndrome.
Several months after left radical mastectomy without irradiation therapy for breast cancer, a 74-year-old woman developed severe edema on the homolateral arm extending to the axilla. Ten years later, purplish to brownish blotch and nodules accompanied with heating sensation and pain appeared and increased in size gradually on the left forearm. The patient was treated by irradiation therapy unde...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nihon Rinsho Geka Gakkai Zasshi (Journal of Japan Surgical Association)
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1882-5133,1345-2843
DOI: 10.3919/jjsa.68.2464