Schindera, ST; Streit, M; Kaelin, U; Stauffer, E; Steinbach, L; Anderson, SE (2005). Stewart-Treves syndrome: MR imaging of a postmastectomy upper-limb chronic lymphedema with angiosarcoma. Skeletal radiology, 34(3), pp. 156-60. Berlin: Springer-Verlag 10.1007/s00256-004-0807-5
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The rare occurrence of angiosarcoma in postmastectomy upper-limb lymphedema with magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is discussed. Unfamiliarity with this aggressive vascular tumor and its harmless appearance often leads to delayed diagnosis. Angiosarcoma complicating chronic lymphedema may be low in signal intensity on T2-weighting and short tau inversion recovery (STIR) imaging reflecting the densely cellular, fibrous stroma, and sparsely vascularized tumor histology. Additional administration of intravenous contrast medium revealed significant enhancement of the tumorous lesions. Awareness of angiosarcoma and its MR imaging appearance in patients with chronic lymphedema may be a key to early diagnosis or allow at least inclusion in the differential diagnosis.
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Journal Article (Further Contribution) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology and Nuclear Medicine (DRNN) > Institute of Diagnostic, Interventional and Paediatric Radiology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Schindera, Sebastian Tobias |
ISSN: |
0364-2348 |
ISBN: |
15232657 |
Publisher: |
Springer-Verlag |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 14:54 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:16 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1007/s00256-004-0807-5 |
PubMed ID: |
15232657 |
Web of Science ID: |
000227713900006 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.23074 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/23074 (FactScience: 38811) |
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