Marjolin's ulcer arising in a burn scar.
Marjolin's ulcer-a term used to describe a malignancy arising in chronic ulcers of the skin, sinuses, scar tissue, and especially burns scars-occurs in two forms: an acute variant in which the malignant changes occur within a year of injury, and a chronic form in which the injury may precede the malignancy by decades. Illustrating the more common chronic form, we present the case of a 32-year old Haitian woman with an extensive squamous cell carcinoma arising from a burn scar on the dorsum of her right hand, with a review of the literature pertaining to burn scar carcinoma.
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D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000209:etiology*; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D017169:Neoplasms, Post-Traumatic / Q000209:etiology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*