Cutaneous Lymphangiosarcoma Following Chronic Lymphedema of Filarial Origin

We are reporting a case of 36 yr old female with chronic filarial lymphedema of both legs. Subsequently she developed lymphangiosarcoma of her left leg which was confirmed histologically and on immunohistochemistry. Only three more cases of lymphagiosarcoma occurring in patients with filarial lymphe...

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Autores principales: Acharya, Abhijit S, Sulhyan, KR, Ramteke, RV, Kunghadkar, VY
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3555379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23372218
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.105314
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author Acharya, Abhijit S
Sulhyan, KR
Ramteke, RV
Kunghadkar, VY
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description We are reporting a case of 36 yr old female with chronic filarial lymphedema of both legs. Subsequently she developed lymphangiosarcoma of her left leg which was confirmed histologically and on immunohistochemistry. Only three more cases of lymphagiosarcoma occurring in patients with filarial lymphedema are reviewed from available literature.
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spelling pubmed-35553792013-01-31 Cutaneous Lymphangiosarcoma Following Chronic Lymphedema of Filarial Origin Acharya, Abhijit S Sulhyan, KR Ramteke, RV Kunghadkar, VY Indian J Dermatol Case Report We are reporting a case of 36 yr old female with chronic filarial lymphedema of both legs. Subsequently she developed lymphangiosarcoma of her left leg which was confirmed histologically and on immunohistochemistry. Only three more cases of lymphagiosarcoma occurring in patients with filarial lymphedema are reviewed from available literature. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3555379/ /pubmed/23372218 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.105314 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Acharya, Abhijit S
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Ramteke, RV
Kunghadkar, VY
Cutaneous Lymphangiosarcoma Following Chronic Lymphedema of Filarial Origin
title Cutaneous Lymphangiosarcoma Following Chronic Lymphedema of Filarial Origin
title_full Cutaneous Lymphangiosarcoma Following Chronic Lymphedema of Filarial Origin
title_fullStr Cutaneous Lymphangiosarcoma Following Chronic Lymphedema of Filarial Origin
title_full_unstemmed Cutaneous Lymphangiosarcoma Following Chronic Lymphedema of Filarial Origin
title_short Cutaneous Lymphangiosarcoma Following Chronic Lymphedema of Filarial Origin
title_sort cutaneous lymphangiosarcoma following chronic lymphedema of filarial origin
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3555379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23372218
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.105314
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