Carcinoma arising in burn scar.
A 60-year-old man had under gone a left below-knee amputation 30 years ago owing to trauma and burn suffered in a dynamite explosion. He has been wearing an artificial leg since then. He developed a squamous cell carcinoma on the amputation stump 30 years later. The possible relationship of the burn scar and chronic irritation by the artificial leg to the cancer is discussed.
D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D000672:Amputation Stumps; D001186:Artificial Limbs; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000150:complications*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged