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Rossana Ruth Garcia da Veiga1, Bianca Angelina Macêdo do Nascimento1, Alessandra Haber Carvalho1
1Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, BR.
Abstract:
Stewart-Treves syndrome is a rare cutaneous angiosarcoma that develops in long-standing chronic lymphedema. Though most commonly this angiosarcoma is a result of post mastectomy lymphoedema, it also develops in Milroy disease, idiopathic, congenital, traumatic and filarial lymphoedema. Despite the rarity of this syndrome and its poor prognosis, early diagnosis associated with radical surgery can provide improved survival. We report a case of angiosarcoma in the lower limb in a patient with chronic lymphedema associated with history of repeated erysipela episodes.
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