Post-mastectomy benign lymphangioendothelioma of the skin following chronic lymphedema for breast carcinoma: a teaching case mimicking low-grade angiosarcoma and masquerading as Stewart-Treves syndrome

Benign lymphangioendothelioma (BL) represents a very rare lymphatic vascular proliferation. Our aim is to be aware that owing to its characteristic features, pathologists can easily misinterpret it as cutaneous low-grade angiosarcoma when examining only small specimens. In the present case, multiple small and yellowish to reddish soft nodules were noticed in the edematous left arm of a 54-year-...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Stewart-Treves Syndrome Involving Chronic Lymphedema after Mastectomy of Breast Cancer

Steward-Treves syndrome is a cutaneous angiosarcoma that usually appears after long evolution of a lymphoedema after mastectomy for mammary neoplasia associated with an axillary dissection. This is a rare disease develop most of the time in upper arm and often confounded with cutaneous metastasis. Only the biopsy and immunohistochemical study confirm the diagnosis. The treatment is surgical and...

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Post-mastectomy benign lymphangioendothelioma of the skin following chronic lymphedema for breast carcinoma: a teaching case mimicking low-grade angiosarcoma and masquerading as Stewart-Treves syndrome

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