Stewart-Treves Syndrome

As Stewart-Treves syndrome is the rare occurrence of malignant from endothelium outgoing soft tissue tumor ( angiosarcoma ) on the floor of a chronic lymphedema designated. The clinical picture was first described in 1948 by the pathologist Fred W. Stewart and the surgeon Norman Treves and typically occurs years after mastectomy in the area of ​​the lymphoedematous swollen arm. Even after amputation and chemotherapy, the prognosis is extremely poor.

literature

1. ^ FW Stewart, N. Treves: Lymphangiosarcoma in postmastectomy lymphedema. A report of six cases. Cancer. 1948; 1, pp. 64-81. (Full text)
2. ^ LB Pincus, LP Fox: The Stewart-Treves syndrome. N Engl J Med. 2008; 359, p. 950, PMID 18753651

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