Stewart-Treves syndrome: the histopathological evolution of epithelial metastases.
Clinical, histopathologic, and ultrastructural observations in a patient who developed all the characteristics of the Stewart-Treves syndrome 25 years after mastectomy has convinced the authors that the neoplasm arises as a glandular metastasis after an initial phase of sclerosis and that the neoplastic cells are of myoepithelial type.
D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008204:Lymphangiosarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008209:Lymphedema / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008408:Mastectomy; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013577:Syndrome