title: Nonhealing leg ulcers: a manifestation of basal cell carcinoma.
abstract: Seven patients with basal cell carcinomas presenting as nonhealing ulcers are reported. The importance of considering malignancy and taking biopsy specimens of leg ulcers that fail to respond to treatment is emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Salman
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Rogers
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D014647:Varicose Ulcer / Q000150:complications; D014945:Wound Healing