Marjolin's Ulcers as a Consequence of Chronic Venous Ulcers and Chronic Skin Injury - Case Reports

• Authors: Błażej Ciesielczyk , Dawid Murawa , Piotr Nowaczyk
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In the literature, Marjolin's ulcers are defined as skin cancers that develop secondarily in areas susceptible to an injury, seized by a chronic inflammation or covered by scar tissue.This paper presents three clinical cases of spinocellular carcinoma, which occurred around long-standing venous ulcers or chronic traumatic skin injury within the lower limbs. All the patients had their limbs amputated. No clinical or radiological qualities of lymphadenopathy were diagnosed. The latest checkups indicated the patients' good condition without traits of the neoplastic disease.Managing patients with chronic ulcers, regardless of their aetiology, requires that the doctor should have increased oncological alertness. In this case, one of the most important elements of diagnostics is a regular histopathological assessment of the lesion. Only this procedure enables the early and efficacious surgical treatment of potential secondary neoplastic lesions and possible saving of the limb.

Keywords

EN

Marjolin's ulcers; squamous cell carcinoma; chronic wounds; venous ulcers; post-traumatic skin injury

• Publisher: Index Copernicus International
• Journal: Polish Journal of Surgery
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 79
• Issue: 10
• Pages: 667-671

Dates

published

1 - 10 - 2007

online

11 - 2 - 2008

Contributors

author

Błażej Ciesielczyk

• Department of Surgery, F. Raszeja Memorial Hospital, Poznań

author

Dawid Murawa

• Department of Surgical Oncology, Great Poland Cancer Center, Poznań

author

Piotr Nowaczyk

• Department of Surgery, F. Raszeja Memorial Hospital, Poznań

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10035-007-0104-9