Author:
Scigliano Horácio M.,Daroda Romeu Ferreira,Pereira Marco Antônio da Silva,Suarez Marisa I.,Daroda Mareia Ferreira
Abstract
The eponym Marjolin’s ulcer is used to describe the malignant transformation of any skin ulcer or scar. A 35-year-old white woman sustained a thermal bum injury over her lower half of the body when she was 8 years old. After 16 years of the event and over 9 years, metaehronous skin ulcers, pseudocarcinomatous hyperplasia and well differentiated squamous cell carcinomas occured, mainly on both lower limbs. The clinical history, histologic aspects, histogenesis, follow-up data and therapeutic considerations are discussed along with a review of the relevant literature.
Publisher
Revista Brasileira De Cancerologia (RBC)
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