S and classified as a specific disease entity lymphangiosarcoma occurring in a postmastectomy lymphedematous extremity. Without a doubt, as was emphasized at that time, many similar cases had previously been observed. However, the exact nature of the proccss had been overlooked and the clinical state was interpreted as a manifestation of disseminated cutaneous metastases of the original mammary cancer.
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