Malignancy in chronic ulcers and scars of the leg (Marjolin's ulcer): A study of 21 patients

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 331-337

  Smith, Julius ^a   Mello, Luiz Felipe B ^a   Nogueira Neto, Norberto C ^a   Meohas, Walter ^a   Pinto, Luciana W ^a   Campos, Viviane A ^a   Barcellos, Maysa G ^a   Fiod, Nelson Jabour ^a   Rezende, José Francisco Neto ^a   Cabral, Carlos Eduardo L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amputation; Chronic ulcers; Leg ulcers; Sarcoma; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLEEDING; BLUNT TRAUMA; BONE DESTRUCTION; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; KNIFE CUT; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG INJURY; LEG PAIN; LEG ULCER; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PERIOSTEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCAR; SNAKEBITE; SOFT TISSUE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TISSUE NECROSIS; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034973308     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002560100355     Document Type: Article

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