[A case of the Stewart-Treves syndrome (post-mastectomy angiosarcoma) with special reference to a radiological study].
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. Radiologically, a well-enhanced tumor was revealed by computed tomography, which angiographically had more stains and tumor vessels than usual for a mammary carcinoma and less than usually seen in a cavernous hemangioma. Histologically, this tumor showed less of a luminal differentiation than a conventional angiosarcoma and resembled a fibrosarcoma. Computed tomography and angiography were found useful in achieving a diagnosis and the subsequent therapy for this Stewart-Treves syndrome.
Kobayashi
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Dept. of Radiology, Kyoto National Hospital.
Itoh
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Kikuchi
H
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Kato
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Fujita
Y
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Tanabe
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Kuroyanagi
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H
Makino
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K
D000231:Adenocarcinoma, Papillary / Q000601:surgery; D000792:Angiography; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008204:Lymphangiosarcoma / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D008209:Lymphedema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015409:Mastectomy, Radical; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D012782:Shoulder; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed