... is a rare cancer which occurs in long-standing cases of primary or secondary lymphedema. It involves either ... Lymphangiosarcoma may present as a purple discoloration or a tender skin nodule in the extremity, typically on the anterior ... The pathogenesis of lymphangiosarcoma has not been resolved, however several vague mechanisms have been proposed. Stewart and ... Verdier E, Carvalho P, Young P, Musette P, Courville P, Joly P. Lymphangiosarcoma treated with liposomal doxorubicin (Caelyx)] ...

Lymphangiosarcoma usually occurs many years following a mastectomy, usually between 5 and 15 years. Cutaneous angiosarcoma can ... Lymphangiosarcoma arising from cancer-related lymphedema has become much less common with better surgical techniques, radiation ... Prognosis is generally poor, and the 5 year survival rate of patients with lymphangiosarcoma is less than 5%. In the 1960s, the ... Stewart-Treves syndrome refers to a lymphangiosarcoma, a rare disorder marked by the presence of an angiosarcoma (a malignant ...

... -associated lymphangiosarcoma is called Stewart-Treves syndrome. Lymphangiosarcoma most frequently occurs in cases of ... lymphedema may lead to a form of cancer called lymphangiosarcoma, although the mechanism of carcinogenesis is not understood. ...

"Systemic Chlamydial infection associated with generalized lymphedema and lymphangiosarcoma". Lymphology. 6 (3): 113-21. PMID ...

"Lymphangiosarcoma in postmastectomy lymphedema. A report of six cases in elephantiasis chirurgica." Cancer, 1948 "Occupational ...

Two cases of lymphangiosarcoma arising from lymphangioma circumscriptum have been reported; however, in both of the patients, ...

However, glomangiosarcoma (8710/3) and lymphangiosarcoma (9170/3) are distinct conditions (in humans). Hemangiosarcoma is quite ...

A rare complication is the appearance of lymphangiosarcoma or angiosarcoma in patients with persistent lymphedema. Some ...

Lymphangiosarcoma is a malignant soft tissue tumour, whereas lymphangioma is a benign tumour occurring frequently in ...

Postinflammatory lymphedema Postmastectomy lymphangiosarcoma (Stewart-Treves syndrome) Purpura fulminans (purpura gangrenosa) ...

... lymphangiosarcoma MeSH C04.557.450.795.530 - mixed tumor, mesodermal MeSH C04.557.450.795.550 - myosarcoma MeSH C04.557.450.795 ... lymphangiosarcoma MeSH C04.557.386.345 - histiocytosis, malignant MeSH C04.557.386.355 - hodgkin disease MeSH C04.557.386.390 ...

NOS M9170/3 Lymphangiosarcoma Lymphangioendothelial sarcoma Lymphangioendothelioma, malignant M9171/0 Capillary lymphangioma ...

... lymphangiosarcoma - lymphatic fluid - lymphatic mapping - lymphatic system - lymphatic vessel - lymphedema - lymphoblast - ...