[Stewart-Treves syndrome following mastectomy for breast cancer: a case report].

Abstract

INTRODUCTION:

Stewart-Treves syndrome has been defined by the eponymous authors as a lymphangiosarcoma in a setting of postmastectomy upper extremity lymphoedema.

EXEGESIS:

The clinical record of one patient with Stewart-Treves syndrome is analyzed. The primary angiosarcoma of the skin represented by a purple nodule occurred on a chronic lymphoedematous arm following radical mastectomy and axillary lymph node dissection for breast carcinoma performed 9 years earlier. Immunohistochemistry tests formally eliminated epithelial cutaneous metastasis and produced evidence in favour of conjunctive vascular tissue origin of the tumor.

CONCLUSION:

Conservative surgery for breast cancer, application of axillary sentinel node biopsy in the lymphatic staging and prevention of arm lymphoedema should reduce the incidence of this syndrome.

• Authors: G Le Bouëdec, H Curé, M de Latour, J Dauplat
• Journal: La Revue de medecine interne (Rev Med Interne) Vol. 22 Issue 8 Pg. 753-7 (Aug 2001) ISSN: 0248-8663 [Print] France
• Vernacular Title: Le syndrome de Stewart-Treves après mammectomie pour cancer du sein: un cas.
• PMID: 11534362 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Arm (pathology)
• Breast Neoplasms (pathology, surgery)
• Female
• Humans
• Lymph Node Excision
• Lymphangiosarcoma (pathology)
• Lymphedema (complications)
• Mastectomy
• Middle Aged
• Neoplasm Staging
• Neoplasms, Second Primary
• Syndrome