Stewart-Treves Syndrome is seen in chronic lymphedema patients, most commonly after breast cancer surgery. It is a rare sequlae of development of angiosarcoma in lymphedematous limb which has a poor outcome.1 Here we report a case of angiosarcoma of the right arm in a 73-year-old female patient, status post breast cancer treatment 10 years back. She presented with right upper limb edema with multiple ulcerated nodules with satellite lesions. Histopathology examination revealed features of angiosarcoma, diagnosing a case of Stewart-Treves Syndrome.
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