Malignant change in chronic varicose ulceration.
Five patients are described, four of whom developed squamous-cell carcinoma in chronic venous ulcers and the fifth developed a basal-cell carcinoma at the site of chronic varicose ulceration.
D000368:Aged; D002056:Burns; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006097:Granulation Tissue; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009812:Odorants; D014647:Varicose Ulcer / Q000150:complications*