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Ultrasonographic Evaluation of Breast Cancer-related Lymphedema
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Simultaneous upper limb melanoma and breast cancer related lymphedema management
Dimitrios Dionyssiou1, Athanasios Papas1, Avra Drougou1
1Department of Plastic Surgery, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. GH Papageorgiou, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Case Reports in Plastic Surgery & Hand Surgery
|March 2, 2023
Abstract:
We present a rare case of a patient with malignant melanoma in the lymphedematous arm associated with breast cancer and its lymphedema management. Histology of previous lymphadenectomy and results of current lymphangiographies suggested the need for SLN biopsy, and simultaneously perform of distal LVAs to manage lymphedema.
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