[Gigantic arm lymphedema].

Abstract

It is told the course of a disease of a 44-year old woman who got a gigantic lymphedema of the arm within 5 years after a treatment caused by breast cancer 10 years ago. There are described the psychical and social consequences and there are also analyzed reasons how such an extreme lymphedema of the arm could be possible. An incessant success of the treatment could only be achieved by a combination of plastic operation to reduce the tissue and consistent use of physical therapy of edema according to Asdonk, a combination of manual lymph-drainage therapy according to Vodder-Asdonk and compression treatment.