Postamputation diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma in a patient with lymphedema

Chronic lymphedema is fraught with morbidity, including tissue loss. We present the case of a woman with long-standing lymphedema suffering from nonhealing ulcerations despite multiple interventions, who underwent below-knee amputation. Surgical pathology yielded a diagnosis of invasive squamous cel...

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Autores principales: Tolaymat, Besher, Bye, Matthew, Lee, Daniel, McMackin, Katherine K., Lombardi, Joseph V., Batista, Philip M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9958079/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36852314
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvscit.2023.101100
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Sumario:Chronic lymphedema is fraught with morbidity, including tissue loss. We present the case of a woman with long-standing lymphedema suffering from nonhealing ulcerations despite multiple interventions, who underwent below-knee amputation. Surgical pathology yielded a diagnosis of invasive squamous cell carcinoma. We highlight the uncommon association between lymphedema and squamous cell carcinoma, and the importance of routine pathological testing with lower extremity amputations.

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