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Lymphangiosarcomata--experience in a lymphoedema clinic
P M Mulvenna1, L Gillham, C F Regnard
1Department of Pharmacological Sciences, St Oswald's Hospice, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Palliative Medicine
|January 1, 1995
Abstract:
Two cases of patients attending a lymphoedema clinic and developing lymphangiosarcomata are described. The epidemiology, natural history and management of this uncommon malignancy are discussed and the pertinent features that should be sought by professionals involved in routine follow-up of patients prone to lymphoedema outlined.
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