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nl update 23
(→General: +cut. angiosarc.) |
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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. | |||
Images: | Images: | ||