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Angiosarcoma in Chronic Filarial Lymphedema – A Report of Two Cases

INTRODUCTION: Cutaneous angiosarcoma is an uncommon aggressive tumor known to arise in chronic lymphedema of various etiologies with post mastectomy lymphedema being the most common cause also known as Stewart–Treves syndrome. Chronic filarial lymphedema is the most uncommon etiology for development...

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Autores principales: Kamat, Amar, Chinder, Pramod S, Hindiskere, Suraj, Gopurathingal, Anto Anand
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Indian Orthopaedic Research Group 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9831239/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36687479
http://dx.doi.org/10.13107/jocr.2022.v12.i08.2988
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author Kamat, Amar
Chinder, Pramod S
Hindiskere, Suraj
Gopurathingal, Anto Anand
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description INTRODUCTION: Cutaneous angiosarcoma is an uncommon aggressive tumor known to arise in chronic lymphedema of various etiologies with post mastectomy lymphedema being the most common cause also known as Stewart–Treves syndrome. Chronic filarial lymphedema is the most uncommon etiology for development of angiosarcoma. CASE REPORT: We describe two cases of angiosarcoma developing in a setting of long-standing filarial lymphedema. The patient presented with the same clinical features of rapidly progressing nodules. CONCLUSION: With India harboring most of the filarial load, this scenario should be kept in mind by clinicians for early diagnosis and treatment. Angiosarcoma is a rapidly progressing tumor and is fatal; hence, an idea about its diagnosis is of utmost importance.
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spelling pubmed-98312392023-01-19 Angiosarcoma in Chronic Filarial Lymphedema – A Report of Two Cases Kamat, Amar Chinder, Pramod S Hindiskere, Suraj Gopurathingal, Anto Anand J Orthop Case Rep Case Report INTRODUCTION: Cutaneous angiosarcoma is an uncommon aggressive tumor known to arise in chronic lymphedema of various etiologies with post mastectomy lymphedema being the most common cause also known as Stewart–Treves syndrome. Chronic filarial lymphedema is the most uncommon etiology for development of angiosarcoma. CASE REPORT: We describe two cases of angiosarcoma developing in a setting of long-standing filarial lymphedema. The patient presented with the same clinical features of rapidly progressing nodules. CONCLUSION: With India harboring most of the filarial load, this scenario should be kept in mind by clinicians for early diagnosis and treatment. Angiosarcoma is a rapidly progressing tumor and is fatal; hence, an idea about its diagnosis is of utmost importance. Indian Orthopaedic Research Group 2022-08 2022-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9831239/ /pubmed/36687479 http://dx.doi.org/10.13107/jocr.2022.v12.i08.2988 Text en Copyright: © Indian Orthopaedic Research Group https://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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Kamat, Amar
Chinder, Pramod S
Hindiskere, Suraj
Gopurathingal, Anto Anand
Angiosarcoma in Chronic Filarial Lymphedema – A Report of Two Cases
title Angiosarcoma in Chronic Filarial Lymphedema – A Report of Two Cases
title_full Angiosarcoma in Chronic Filarial Lymphedema – A Report of Two Cases
title_fullStr Angiosarcoma in Chronic Filarial Lymphedema – A Report of Two Cases
title_full_unstemmed Angiosarcoma in Chronic Filarial Lymphedema – A Report of Two Cases
title_short Angiosarcoma in Chronic Filarial Lymphedema – A Report of Two Cases
title_sort angiosarcoma in chronic filarial lymphedema – a report of two cases
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9831239/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36687479
http://dx.doi.org/10.13107/jocr.2022.v12.i08.2988
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