Cutaneous angiosarcoma with lymphoedema: the Stewart-Treves syndrome
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CASE AND RESEARCH LETTERS Angiosarcoma in Chronic Lymphedema (Stewart-Treves Syndrome) Angiosarcoma en linfedema crónico (síndrome de Stewart-Treves)
Angiosarcoma is a malignant endothelial tumor that can form in any part of the body, including the skin. It is known as hemangiosarcoma or lymphangiosarcoma, depending on whether it derives from the endothelium of the blood vessels or the lymph vessels, respectively. It was first described in 1948 by Stewart and Treves in a series of 6 cases of lymphangiosarcoma after chronic postmastectomy lym...
متن کاملCASE AND RESEARCH LETTERS Angiosarcoma in Chronic Lymphedema (Stewart-Treves Syndrome) Angiosarcoma en linfedema crónico (síndrome de Stewart-Treves)
Angiosarcoma is a malignant endothelial tumor that can form in any part of the body, including the skin. It is known as hemangiosarcoma or lymphangiosarcoma, depending on whether it derives from the endothelium of the blood vessels or the lymph vessels, respectively. It was first described in 1948 by Stewart and Treves in a series of 6 cases of lymphangiosarcoma after chronic postmastectomy lym...
متن کاملCASE AND RESEARCH LETTERS Angiosarcoma in Chronic Lymphedema (Stewart-Treves Syndrome) Angiosarcoma en linfedema crónico (síndrome de Stewart-Treves)
Angiosarcoma is a malignant endothelial tumor that can form in any part of the body, including the skin. It is known as hemangiosarcoma or lymphangiosarcoma, depending on whether it derives from the endothelium of the blood vessels or the lymph vessels, respectively. It was first described in 1948 by Stewart and Treves in a series of 6 cases of lymphangiosarcoma after chronic postmastectomy lym...
متن کاملStewart-Treves syndrome
Stewart-Treves syndrome is a rare cutaneous angiosarcoma with a poor prognosis. Physicians must be aware of this lethal syndrome, especially in patients who have been treated for breast cancer with radiation and lymph-node dissection (such as the case reported here). Patients who develop unexplained enlarging plaques of coalescing purple papules should have immediate biopsy for early diagnosis ...
متن کاملStewart Treves Syndrome*
Stewart-Treves Syndrome is characterized by the presence of lymphangiosarcoma on limb extremities. Rare, it occurs in 0.5% of patients who have undergone radical mastectomy with axillary node dissection. The main cause is chronic lymphedema with endothelial and lymphatic differentiation, with no direct relationship to breast cancer. Seven years after a radical right-side mastectomy with lymph n...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ Case Reports
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2018-229101