STEWART-TREVES SYNDROME

Course overview

STEWART-TREVES SYNDROME IS A CONDITION OF DEVELOPMENT OF LYMPHANGIOSARCOMA AS A COMPLICATION OF CHRONIC, LONG-STANDING LYMPHEDEMA. ALTHOUGH THE MAJORITY OF CASES ARE ATTRIBUTED TO POST-MASTECTOMY LYMPHEDEMA, THE SYNDROME CAN BE CAUSED BY CHRONIC LYMPHEDEMA OF ANY ORIGIN. PROMPT DIAGNOSIS OF ANGIOSARCOMA IS ESSENTIAL DUE TO THE OCCURRENCE OF METASTATIC SPREAD AND POOR PROGNOSIS. THIS ACTIVITY OUTLINES THE EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF STEWART-TREVES SYNDROME AND UNDERSCORES THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN IMPROVING CARE FOR THOSE WITH THIS CONDITION.