Lymphangiosarcoma associated with chronic filarial lymphedema

Cancer. 1987 Jan 1;59(1):179-83. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19870101)59:1<179::aid-cncr2820590134>3.0.co;2-d.

Abstract

A case of a 19-year-old inhabitant of Southern India with chronic filarial lymphedema of the right leg and subsequent lymphangiosarcoma is reported. Two additional cases of lymphangiosarcoma occurring in patients with filarial lymphedema are reviewed from the literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Amputation, Surgical
  • Elephantiasis, Filarial / complications*
  • Elephantiasis, Filarial / pathology
  • Humans
  • India
  • Leg
  • Lymphangiosarcoma / complications*
  • Lymphangiosarcoma / pathology
  • Lymphangiosarcoma / surgery
  • Lymphedema / complications*
  • Lymphedema / pathology