Sun-burn induced upper limb lymphedema 11 years following breast cancer surgery: A case report

BACKGROUND: Upper arm lymphedema is a common complication one year after breast cancer surgery, which profoundly impacts patients' quality of life. CASE SUMMARY: We reported a case of lymphedema induced by prolonged sun exposure 11 years after breast cancer surgery. CONCLUSION: Breast screening...

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Autores principales: Li, Min, Guo, Jun, Zhao, Rong, Gao, Jin-Nan, Li, Ming, Wang, Lin-Ying
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9669845/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36405268
http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v10.i32.11987
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author Li, Min
Guo, Jun
Zhao, Rong
Gao, Jin-Nan
Li, Ming
Wang, Lin-Ying
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description BACKGROUND: Upper arm lymphedema is a common complication one year after breast cancer surgery, which profoundly impacts patients' quality of life. CASE SUMMARY: We reported a case of lymphedema induced by prolonged sun exposure 11 years after breast cancer surgery. CONCLUSION: Breast screening, patient education and follow-up after hospital discharge could help to prevent upper-arm lymphedema.
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spelling pubmed-96698452022-11-18 Sun-burn induced upper limb lymphedema 11 years following breast cancer surgery: A case report Li, Min Guo, Jun Zhao, Rong Gao, Jin-Nan Li, Ming Wang, Lin-Ying World J Clin Cases Case Report BACKGROUND: Upper arm lymphedema is a common complication one year after breast cancer surgery, which profoundly impacts patients' quality of life. CASE SUMMARY: We reported a case of lymphedema induced by prolonged sun exposure 11 years after breast cancer surgery. CONCLUSION: Breast screening, patient education and follow-up after hospital discharge could help to prevent upper-arm lymphedema. Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2022-11-16 2022-11-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9669845/ /pubmed/36405268 http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v10.i32.11987 Text en ©The Author(s) 2022. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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Li, Min
Guo, Jun
Zhao, Rong
Gao, Jin-Nan
Li, Ming
Wang, Lin-Ying
Sun-burn induced upper limb lymphedema 11 years following breast cancer surgery: A case report
title Sun-burn induced upper limb lymphedema 11 years following breast cancer surgery: A case report
title_full Sun-burn induced upper limb lymphedema 11 years following breast cancer surgery: A case report
title_fullStr Sun-burn induced upper limb lymphedema 11 years following breast cancer surgery: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Sun-burn induced upper limb lymphedema 11 years following breast cancer surgery: A case report
title_short Sun-burn induced upper limb lymphedema 11 years following breast cancer surgery: A case report
title_sort sun-burn induced upper limb lymphedema 11 years following breast cancer surgery: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9669845/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36405268
http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v10.i32.11987
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