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Case Report

John F. Prudden, MD, Med ScD; Evan R. Wolarsky, AB

AMA Arch Surg. 1967;94(3):376-379.

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IN 1948 Stewart and Treves¹ described six cases of lymphangiosarcoma in chronically lymphedematous arms following radical mastectomy. Since that time there have been more than 70 cases reported. A similar neoplastic process has also been described in chronically lymphedematous extremities unrelated to any other neoplasm. The following case is the ninth such report.

Report of Case

On Oct 8, 1962, a 25-year-old white man was seen in the clinic with a complaint of unilateral lower extremity edema. The edema had begun five days previously and had subsided spontaneously. The patient also complained of lumps over his right hip that had existed for two years. There was no pain associated with the edema or the lumps. A history of two previous episodes of edema at ages 13 and 24 was given. The edema always occurred in the right lower extremity and the thigh was described as being hot and inflamed . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
New York

From the departments of surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, and the Presbyterian Hospital, New York.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Nov 14, 1966.

Reprint requests to Presbyterian Hospital, 180 Fort Washington Ave, New York 10032 (Dr. Prudden).

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