Lymphangiosarcoma

Lymphangiosarcoma
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Lymphangiosarcoma is a rare cancer which occurs in long-standing cases of primary or secondary lymphedema (swelling due to lymphatic system obstruction). It involves either the upper or lower lymphedematous extremities but is most common in upper extremities.[1] Although its name implies lymphatic origin, it is believed to arise from endothelial cells and may be more accurately referred to as angiosarcoma.

  1. ^ Hellman S, DeVita VT, Rosenberg S (2001). Cancer: principles & practice of oncology. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. p. 1853. ISBN 0-7817-2229-2.