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Epidemiology:
Epidemiology:
*May arise secondary to chronic lymphedema related to breast carcinoma.
*May arise secondary to chronic lymphedema related to [[invasive breast cancer|breast carcinoma]].
**Known as ''Stewart–Treves syndrome''.<ref name=pmid18753651>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Pincus | first1 = LB. | last2 = Fox | first2 = LP. | title = Images in clinical medicine. The Stewart-Treves syndrome. | journal = N Engl J Med | volume = 359 | issue = 9 | pages = 950 | month = Aug | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1056/NEJMicm071344 | PMID = 18753651 | url=http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMicm071344}}</ref>
**Known as ''Stewart–Treves syndrome''.<ref name=pmid18753651>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Pincus | first1 = LB. | last2 = Fox | first2 = LP. | title = Images in clinical medicine. The Stewart-Treves syndrome. | journal = N Engl J Med | volume = 359 | issue = 9 | pages = 950 | month = Aug | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1056/NEJMicm071344 | PMID = 18753651 | url=http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMicm071344}}</ref>
*[[Liver]] angiosarcomas are associated with vinyl chloride exposure.<ref>{{Ref PCPBoD8|212}}</ref>
*[[Liver]] angiosarcomas are associated with vinyl chloride exposure.<ref>{{Ref PCPBoD8|212}}</ref>
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Notes:
Notes:
*Epithelioid variant (with abundant cytoplasm & sheeting architecture) may resemble ''[[melanoma]]'' or ''[[hepatocellular carcinoma]]''.
*Epithelioid variant (with abundant cytoplasm & sheeting architecture) may resemble ''[[melanoma]]'' or ''[[hepatocellular carcinoma]]''.
DDx:
*[[Atypical vascular lesion]].
*[[Kaposi sarcoma]].
*Poorly differentiated carcinoma.


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