Angiosarcoma in a Chronically Lymphedematous Leg: An Unusual Presentation of Stewart-Treves Syndrome

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 807-808

  Komorowski, Andrzej L ^a   Wysocki, Wojciech M ^a   Mituś, Jerzy ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Chronic lymphedema

Indexed keywords

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ADULT; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER CELL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; INGUINAL HERNIA; LEG EDEMA; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MASTECTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STEWART TREVES SYNDROME; TREATMENT INDICATION; AMPUTATION; CANCER INVASION; ELEPHANTIASIS; ERYSIPELAS; FATALITY; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SYNDROME; TIME;

AMPUTATION; BIOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELEPHANTIASIS; ERYSIPELAS; FATAL OUTCOME; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0141974889     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000054692.22369.6E     Document Type: Article

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