Premium
Lymphangioma circumscriptum following radical mastectomy and radiation therapy
Author(s) -
Prioleau Philip G.,
Santa Cruz Daniel J.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197810)42:4<1989::aid-cncr2820420444>3.0.co;2-7
Subject(s) - medicine , radical mastectomy , lymphedema , radiation therapy , lymphatic system , etiology , surgery , mastectomy , complication , lymphangioma , breast cancer , cancer , pathology
Abstract Lymphangioma circumscriptum, a rare long‐term complication of chronic lymphedema, has been described only twice following radical mastectomy. The case discussed in this report developed 25 years after radical mastectomy and radiation therapy. Both this condition and lymphangiosarcoma, its malignant counterpart, may arise in lymphedematous extremities regardless of the etiology of the lymphatic obstruction. Cancer 42:1989‐1991, 1978.