Malignant change after 18 months in a lower limb ulcer: Acute Marjolin’s revisited

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 825-828

  Thio, D ^a   Clarkson, J H W ^a   Misra, A ^a   Srivastava, Shekhar ^a  

^a GEORGE ELIOT HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic wound; Malignant change; Marjolin's ulcer; Short latent period

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE DURATION; EXCISION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SKIN CANCER; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TIME;

EID: 0344034672     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2003.08.016     Document Type: Article

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