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Lymphangiosarcoma in chronic lymphoedema. Stewart-Treves syndrome
A C Aygit1, A M Yildirim, S Dervisoglu
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Medical Faculty, University of Trakya, Edirne, Turkey.
Journal of Hand Surgery (Edinburgh, Scotland)
|April 6, 1999
Abstract:
A case of post-mastectomy lymphangiosarcoma is reported. Lymphangiosarcoma is an extremely rare but highly lethal complication of chronic lymphoedema. Our patient was treated by amputation and died 6 months later. Treatment of post-mastectomy lymphangiosarcoma is still unsatisfactory. Early recognition and radical ablative surgery seem to provide best chance for survival.