title: Stewart-Treves Syndrome Involving Chronic Lymphedema after Mastectomy of Breast Cancer.
abstract: Steward-Treves syndrome is a cutaneous angiosarcoma that usually appears after long evolution of a lymphoedema after mastectomy for mammary neoplasia associated with an axillary dissection. This is a rare disease develop most of the time in upper arm and often confounded with cutaneous metastasis. Only the biopsy and immunohistochemical study confirm the diagnosis. The treatment is surgical and consists of large cutaneous excision, an amputation of the limb or even its disarticulation and will be followed by chemotherapy. Despite the treatment, the prognosis remains severe with poor survival. We report the case of a patient who had a Steward-Treves syndrome 20 years after lymphoedema following a left mastectomy with axillary dissection.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery "A", Dr. Tidjani Damerdji University Hospital of Tlemcen, Tlemcen, Algeria; Experimental Surgery Laboratory N°38, Medical School of Tlemcen, University of Abou Bekr Belkaid, Tlemcen, Algeria.
authors.forename: Smain Nabil
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-7248-5743
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Mesli
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery "A", Dr. Tidjani Damerdji University Hospital of Tlemcen, Tlemcen, Algeria; Experimental Surgery Laboratory N°38, Medical School of Tlemcen, University of Abou Bekr Belkaid, Tlemcen, Algeria.
authors.forename: Amin Khayreddine
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-1491-8395
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Ghouali
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery "A", Dr. Tidjani Damerdji University Hospital of Tlemcen, Tlemcen, Algeria; Experimental Surgery Laboratory N°38, Medical School of Tlemcen, University of Abou Bekr Belkaid, Tlemcen, Algeria.
authors.forename: Fouad
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Benamara
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery "A", Dr. Tidjani Damerdji University Hospital of Tlemcen, Tlemcen, Algeria; Experimental Surgery Laboratory N°38, Medical School of Tlemcen, University of Abou Bekr Belkaid, Tlemcen, Algeria.
authors.forename: Fouzi Ahmed
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Taleb
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery "A", Dr. Tidjani Damerdji University Hospital of Tlemcen, Tlemcen, Algeria; Experimental Surgery Laboratory N°38, Medical School of Tlemcen, University of Abou Bekr Belkaid, Tlemcen, Algeria.
authors.forename: Hicham
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tahraoui
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery "A", Dr. Tidjani Damerdji University Hospital of Tlemcen, Tlemcen, Algeria; Experimental Surgery Laboratory N°38, Medical School of Tlemcen, University of Abou Bekr Belkaid, Tlemcen, Algeria.
authors.forename: Chakib
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Abi-Ayad