Basal cell carcinomatous changes on the lower leg: a possible association with chronic venous stasis.
Twenty-one patients are reported who developed basal cell carcinomas on the lower leg. The commonest presentation was of a chronic 'stasis' ulcer which usually occurred at atypical sites. It is suggested that the development of basal cell carcinoma changes on the lower leg is a not infrequent complication of chronic venous stasis.
D000368:Aged; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D014689:Venous Insufficiency / Q000150:complications*