BURN SCAR CARCINOMA WITH LONGER LAG PERIOD ARISING IN PREVIOUSLY GRAFTED AREA

Authors
TUREGUN M NISANCI M GULER M
Citation
M. Turegun et al., BURN SCAR CARCINOMA WITH LONGER LAG PERIOD ARISING IN PREVIOUSLY GRAFTED AREA, Burns, 23(6), 1997, pp. 496-497
Citations number
9
Journal title
Burns → ACNP
ISSN journal
03054179
Volume
23
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
496 - 497
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-4179(1997)23:6<496:BSCWLL>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
A case of Marjolin's ulcer that arose in previously grafted area of ri ght ankle 55 years after initial burn injury was managed by below the knee amputation and right inguinal lymph node dissection. The characte ristics of tills malignancy mere reviewed, and rarely seen features pa rticular to this case, which are a longer lag period and rapid growth in a previously grafted area, were discussed. (C) 1997 Elsevier Scienc e Ltd for ISBI.