Postoperative Stewart-Treves syndrome in breast cancer, report of 11 cases

VernacularTitle:乳腺癌术后Stewart-Treves综合征11例
Author: Yan ZHU ; Wenbin SHEN ; Yuguang SUN ; Song XIA ; Jianfeng XIN ; Kun CHANG
From: Chinese Journal of General Surgery 2021;36(3):200-203
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective:To explore the clinical features of Stewart-Treves syndrome in postoperative patients of breast cancer.Methods:The clinical data of 11 patients with Stewart-Treves syndrome after breast cancer surgery in Beijing Shijitan Hospital from Aug 2008 to Sep 2016 were retrospectively analyzed.Results:All the 11 patients were female , age ranging from 44 to 78 years.The main clinical manifestations included multiple skin and subcutaneous nodules , scattered red or purplish red rashes in the lymphedematous upper limbs, and sometimes in the chest wall. MRI showed multiple short T2 signal soft tissue nodules in skin and subcutaneous soft tissue. Histopathology showed heterogeneous endothelial cell-derived malignant tumor. Immunohistochemical staining showed positive CD31, CD34 and D2-40. These 11 patients had skin and subcutaneous tumor excision and biopsy, 4 had shoulder amputation, 4 received postoperative adjuvant chemo plus or radiotherapy. As of Feb 2020, 1 patient was alive, 9 died and 1 lost follow-up.Conclusions:Stewart-Treves syndrome is a rare complication of breast cancer, with poor prognosis and high mortality.