Stewart-Treves syndrome: hemangiosarcoma in chronic lymphedema. Ultrastructural analysis of various clinical developmental stages
Marsch, W.C.
Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift für Dermatologie Venerologie und verwandte Gebiete 38(2): 82-87
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0017-8470 PMID: 3570780 Document Number: 287506
Ultrastructural studies of angiosarcoma in chronic lymphedema (Stewart-Treves syndrome) at various stages of development show that endothelial cell proliferation originates not in the lymphatic but in the blood capillary vessels. The results indicate that the term "lymphangiosarcoma" is no longer suitable to describe the histopathologic characteristics of Stewart-Treves syndrome.