title: Hypertensive ischemic leg ulcer (Martorell's ulcer): a specific disease entity?
abstract: Histology of seven clinically diagnosed cases of Martorell's ulcer was compared with that of twenty-seven crural ulcers of venous origin. Although the majority of Martorell's ulcers are accompanied by a longstanding hypertension with markedly elevated diastolic pressure values, the conception of a specific disease entity with a common etiology should be abandoned. Some of the cases may be due to hypertension alone, but others may be caused or at least enhanced by other microvascular disorders.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pathology, University of Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Leu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications*; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D014647:Varicose Ulcer / Q000473:pathology*