Authors: Ren Yi Kow, Dhiauddin Hai Ismail, Jamaluddin Shafie, Ruben Jaya Kumar, Nor Hafliza Md Salleh, Chooi Leng Low.
ABSTRACT
Marjolin’s ulcer is a malignant cutaneous ulcer that undergoes transformation from a previously traumatized or chronically inflammed skin.1 Causes leading to ulcerations can be burn injury, trauma, chronic osteomyelitis and varicose ulcers.2 It is named after a French surgeon, Jean Nicolas Marjolin, who first described the condition in patients who developed malignant ulcers from burn scars.3 We report a case of a chronic non-healing foot ulcer that has become a Marjolin’s ulcer after 12 years.
Keywords: Marjolin’s ulcer, chronic wound, squamous cell carcinoma, malignancies.
Citation: IeJSME 2016 10(3): 34-36
