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SUBMITTER: Jaafar S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6460899 | biostudies-other | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Jaafar Sahned S Jestila Tatum T Waheed Abdul A Misra Subhasis S Thakkar Darshan D
Journal of surgical case reports 20190412 4
Chronic lymphedema (CL) due to failure of lymphatic drainage harbors an immunologically vulnerable environment for the development of various neoplasms. Independently, either melanoma or basal cell carcinoma (BCC) arising from CL has only been reported, but synchronous melanoma and BCC originating from CL is never reported. We report a very rare case of synchronous melanoma and BCC arising from the lymphedematous upper extremity developed secondary to axillary lymphadenectomy for breast cancer. ...[more]