Postmastectomy Angiosarcoma

Also Known As:

Post-Mastectomy Angiosarcoma; Postmastectomy Stewart-Treves Syndrome

Networked: 3 relevant articles (0 outcomes, 0 trials/studies)

Disease Context: Research Results

Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases: 6
- Lymphatic Diseases: 92
  - Lymphedema: 3501
    - Breast Cancer Lymphedema: 328
      - Postmastectomy Angiosarcoma: 3
Signs and Symptoms Pathological Conditions
- Pathologic Processes: 10023
  - Postoperative Complications
    - Breast Cancer Lymphedema: 328
      - Postmastectomy Angiosarcoma: 3
Neoplasms: 1324753
- Neoplasms by Histologic Type: 2
  - Vascular Tissue Neoplasms: 141
    - Hemangiosarcoma: 2408
      - Postmastectomy Angiosarcoma: 3
  - Connective and Soft Tissue Neoplasms: 1
    - Sarcoma: 23140
      - Hemangiosarcoma: 2408
        Postmastectomy Angiosarcoma: 3

Related Diseases

1.	Hemangiosarcoma (Angiosarcoma)
2.	Adenocarcinoma
3.	Stewart Treves syndrome

Drugs and Biologics

Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to Postmastectomy Angiosarcoma:

1.	von Willebrand FactorIBA 06/01/1983 - "Two cases of postmastectomy angiosarcoma were characterized morphologically and immunohistologically using markers for epithelial (anti-keratin antibodies) and endothelial cells (anti-vimentin antibodies, anti-Factor VIII-related antigen antibodies and Ulex europaeus I lectin). "
2.	VimentinIBA 06/01/1983 - "Two cases of postmastectomy angiosarcoma were characterized morphologically and immunohistologically using markers for epithelial (anti-keratin antibodies) and endothelial cells (anti-vimentin antibodies, anti-Factor VIII-related antigen antibodies and Ulex europaeus I lectin). "
3.	Keratins (Keratin)IBA 06/01/1983 - "Two cases of postmastectomy angiosarcoma were characterized morphologically and immunohistologically using markers for epithelial (anti-keratin antibodies) and endothelial cells (anti-vimentin antibodies, anti-Factor VIII-related antigen antibodies and Ulex europaeus I lectin). "
4.	AntibodiesIBA 06/01/1983 - "Two cases of postmastectomy angiosarcoma were characterized morphologically and immunohistologically using markers for epithelial (anti-keratin antibodies) and endothelial cells (anti-vimentin antibodies, anti-Factor VIII-related antigen antibodies and Ulex europaeus I lectin). "
5.	Anti-Idiotypic AntibodiesIBA 06/01/1983 - "Two cases of postmastectomy angiosarcoma were characterized morphologically and immunohistologically using markers for epithelial (anti-keratin antibodies) and endothelial cells (anti-vimentin antibodies, anti-Factor VIII-related antigen antibodies and Ulex europaeus I lectin). "
6.	Ulex europaeus lectinsIBA 06/01/1983 - "Two cases of postmastectomy angiosarcoma were characterized morphologically and immunohistologically using markers for epithelial (anti-keratin antibodies) and endothelial cells (anti-vimentin antibodies, anti-Factor VIII-related antigen antibodies and Ulex europaeus I lectin). "

Therapies and Procedures

1.	Radical Mastectomy 03/01/1990 - "Reported is the case of a 54-year-old female manifesting the Stewart-Treves syndrome (a postmastectomy angiosarcoma.) The patient had developed an angiosarcoma in her lymphoedematous right shoulder and lower neck develop ten years after a radical mastectomy for a papillo-tubular adenocarcinoma of the right mammary gland. "
2.	Surgical Amputation (Amputations) 10/01/1984 - "Interscapulothoracic amputation is recommended as the initial treatment of postmastectomy angiosarcoma of the upper extremity."