Stewart-Treves syndrome: Lymphangiosarcoma following mastectomy

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 72-75

  Heitmann, C ^a   Ingianni, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHANGIOSARCOMA; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STEWART TREVES SYNDROME; SYNDROME;

EID: 0033958772     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-200044010-00012     Document Type: Article

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