title: [Stewart-Treves syndrome and lymphangiosarcoma].
abstract: Lymphangiosarcomas represent the most dangerous complication of chronic lymphedema usually following mastectomy and irradiation therapy on account of breast carcinoma, well-known as Stewart-Treves syndrome. Still more rarely documented are lymphangiosarcomas arising in chronic lymphedema due to other causes. Two cases of Stewart-Treves syndrome on the forearm and one case of lymphangiosarcoma of the hand following a fifty-year existing chronic lymphedema after burn injury in childhood are reported. Clinical description and illustrations of all three cases are given, including list of references. Therapeutic procedures are described.
authors.affiliation: Department für Plastische Chirurgie, Chirurgischen Universitatsklinik.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Deutschmann
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Smola
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Scharnagl
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beham
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001132:Arm / Q000601:surgery*; D001134:Arm Injuries / Q000150:complications; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications; D002285:Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008204:Lymphangiosarcoma / Q000601:surgery*; D008209:Lymphedema / Q000150:complications*; D015409:Mastectomy, Radical; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Stewart-Treves-Syndrom und Lymphangiosarkom.