## BACKGROUND. Edema of the upper limb, without any doubt, constitutes the most invalidating complication of breast carcinoma treatment. The swelling of the limb results from decreased liquid evacuation by surgical intervention at the axillary level and also by the eventual treatment by cobaltother
Infantile lipofibromatosis of the upper limb
β Scribed by Harvey E. L. Teo; Wilfred C. G. Peh; Mei-Yoke Chan; Norman Walford
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 257 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2348
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