Angiosarcoma of the abdominal wall after dermolipectomy in a morbidly obese man. A rare form of presentation of Stewart-Treves syndrome

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 290-292

  Aguiar Bujanda, David ^a   Camacho Galán, Rafael ^a   Bastida Iñarrea, Jesús ^a   Aguiar Morales, José ^a   Conde Martel, Alicia ^a   Rivero Suárez, Pino ^a   De Armas Diaz, Fernando ^a   Bohn Sarmiento, Uriel ^a   Ángel Cabrera Suárez, Miguel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abdominal wall; Angiosarcoma; Chronic lymphedema; Dermolipectomy; Morbid obesity; Stewart Treves syndrome

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; DOXORUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE;

ABDOMINOPLASTY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPEROSTOSIS; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LIPECTOMY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN METASTASIS; SKIN NODULE; SKIN SCAR; SKIN TUMOR; SKIN ULCER; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ABDOMINAL WALL; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; SKIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33646700260     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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