Key result
Chronic 10-year lymphedema progresses to cutaneous angiosarcoma presenting as hemorrhagic nodules in a 63-year-old woman.
Case report describing a presentation of Stewart-Treves syndrome (cutaneous angiosarcoma in the setting of chronic lymphoedema).
Clinicians should consider angiosarcoma in longstanding lymphedema; leaves open optimal surveillance and prevention strategies.
A 63-year-old woman presents to the medical receiving unit with a 2-month history of violaceous haemorrhagic nodules on her right lower leg on the background of 10-year history of chronic lymphoedema ([figure 1][1]). She had a complex medical history including previous deep venous thrombosis (DVT)
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Randhawa et al. (2019) studied this question. Chronic lymphedema of 10 years' duration was complicated by cutaneous angiosarcoma (Stewart-Treves syndrome) presenting as violaceous hemorrhagic nodules in a 63-year-old woman.
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