What is the clinical manifestation of lymphangiosarcoma?

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When I was young, I was pregnant with a child and often did physical work. My legs were injured, and then I fell ill all the time. There were varicose veins in my legs, which were very swollen. I could see the small pimples on the skin with naked eyes, and they were edematous. Now they are more and more serious, and the skin has some discoloration. I went to the hospital to take pictures. The doctor said it was lymphangiosarcoma.

What is the clinical manifestation of lymphangiosarcoma?

Lymphoma is indeed a relatively high incidence rate, and now tends to be a younger trend. Lymphoma is characterized by hyperplasia, swelling and pain of multiple lymph nodes in one body. And long-term fever. And accompanied by weight loss, poor digestion, combined with many other systems of poor performance.

The clinical manifestations of lymphoma are diverse. The local manifestations of malignant lymph nodes or lymph tissues often occur first. Generally, it often invades superficial lymph nodes, such as cervical, supraclavicular, axillary, inguinal lymph nodes, or deep lymph nodes in mediastinum, retroperitoneum, mesentery, or at the same time. A small number of patients can be primary in extranodal tissue, such as intestinal lymph tissue. Many patients in the early performance of painless cervical lymph node enlargement, and continue to increase, after other parts such as submandibular, axillary lymph nodes will also be found.

The disease is more common in elderly patients with lymphedema of upper limbs after radical mastectomy, or patients with chronic edema of lower limbs caused by penile cancer and filariasis. The degree of edema increased, local tenderness, and then local skin appeared most erythema, and further developed into purplish red well-defined papules or blisters. Tumors grow rapidly, often spread along subcutaneous tissue or deep fascia, and may invade deep muscles.

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The prognosis of this disease is very poor. It is easy to relapse and metastasize. The recurrence is common around the incision and chest wall. The most common metastases were lung, pleura, liver, bone and brain. Most patients died within one year after onset. The occurrence of this disease can be prevented by reducing unnecessary postoperative axillary radiotherapy and avoiding the occurrence of lymphedema.