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Clinical, histopathologic, and ultrastructural observations in a patient who developed all the characteristics of the Stewart-Treves syndrome 25 years after mastectomy has convinced the authors that the neoplasm arises as a glandular metastasis after an initial phase of sclerosis and that the neoplastic cells are of myoepithelial type.
One case of the so-called "Stewart-Treves syndrome" (STS), appearing on a lymphoedematous arm complicating radical mastectomy for breast cancer, was characterized electronmicroscopically and immunohistologically, in order to elucidate its disputed (epithelial vs endothelial) histogenesis. Epithelial and endothelial differentiation markers used comprised: antibodies against keratin, vimentin, factor VIII-related antigen (F VIII-RA), HLA-DR antigens and the lectin Ulex europeaus agglutinin I (UEA I). At the ultrastructural level, neoplastic cells were found to contain typical Weibel-Palade bodies, whereas by immunohistological techniques they proved to be keratin-negative/vimentin+, F VIII-RA+, UEAI+, HLA-DR+. These results rule out a possible epithelial differentiation and strongly favour an endothelial one for STS.
Metastatic breast carcinoma may assume many patterns. We describe a case in which cutaneous, pulmonary and lymph node metastases of an adenocarcinoma of the breast all resembled granular cell tumor. In all sites, the lesion stained positive with antibodies against EMA and cytokeratins, but failed to stain with anti-S100.
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Two cases of patients attending a lymphoedema clinic and developing lymphangiosarcomata are described. The epidemiology, natural history and management of this uncommon malignancy are discussed and the pertinent features that should be sought by professionals involved in routine follow-up of patients prone to lymphoedema outlined.
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This paper reviews for the first time the normal and abnormal appearances of lymphatic channels of the skin using ultrasound. After a review of anatomy and histology, the authors present the current imaging modalities available for lymph vessel imaging. The ultrasound examination is presented with a description of the author's technique as well as the technical requirements of the ultrasound unit (12 MHz linear probe with a resolution of 400 microns). They present the ultrasound appearance of normal lymphatic channels and their relationships to the dermis, hypodermis and lymph nodes, and at last the ultrasound appearance of abnormal lymphatic pathways
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