ACQUIRED LYMPHANGIECTASIS FOLLOWING MASTECTOMY AND RADIATION-THERAPY - REPORT OF A CASE AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Authors
GIANNELLI V ROCKLEY PF
Citation
V. Giannelli et Pf. Rockley, ACQUIRED LYMPHANGIECTASIS FOLLOWING MASTECTOMY AND RADIATION-THERAPY - REPORT OF A CASE AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, Cutis, 58(4), 1996, pp. 276-278
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Cutis → ACNP
ISSN journal
00114162
Volume
58
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
276 - 278
Database
ISI
SICI code
0011-4162(1996)58:4<276:ALFMAR>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
A woman noted vesicles and papules on her left upper extremity fifteen years after she underwent mastectomy and received radiation treatment for left breast carcinoma. The vesicles showed clinical and pathologi c features of acquired lymphangiectasis. The skin lesions were success fully treated with shave excision followed by electrodesiccation and s equential peristaltic compressions mice daily.