From a burn scar to malignancy! Marjolin’s ulcer, a disease of wound neglect

Marjolin's ulcer is a rare and aggressive type of Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) originating from previously chronic non-healing inflamed skin or trauma, and often after burns in up to 2% of cases. We are presenting a case of SCC secondary to a 30-year history of burn scar. Wound care and trauma...

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Autores principales: Kheiri, Babikir, Osman, Mohammed, Al Hadidi, Samer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Clinical Image
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6101565/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30151214
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omy044
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description Marjolin's ulcer is a rare and aggressive type of Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) originating from previously chronic non-healing inflamed skin or trauma, and often after burns in up to 2% of cases. We are presenting a case of SCC secondary to a 30-year history of burn scar. Wound care and traumatic wound closure to prevent malignant degeneration is advisable and should be considered by medical providers.
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spelling pubmed-61015652018-08-27 From a burn scar to malignancy! Marjolin’s ulcer, a disease of wound neglect Kheiri, Babikir Osman, Mohammed Al Hadidi, Samer Oxf Med Case Reports Clinical Image Marjolin's ulcer is a rare and aggressive type of Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) originating from previously chronic non-healing inflamed skin or trauma, and often after burns in up to 2% of cases. We are presenting a case of SCC secondary to a 30-year history of burn scar. Wound care and traumatic wound closure to prevent malignant degeneration is advisable and should be considered by medical providers. Oxford University Press 2018-08-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6101565/ /pubmed/30151214 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omy044 Text en © The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Published by Oxford University Press. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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title_full From a burn scar to malignancy! Marjolin’s ulcer, a disease of wound neglect
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title_short From a burn scar to malignancy! Marjolin’s ulcer, a disease of wound neglect
title_sort from a burn scar to malignancy! marjolin’s ulcer, a disease of wound neglect
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6101565/
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