Marjolin's ulcer revisited - basal cell carcinoma arising from grenade fragments? Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-70

  Rieger, Ulrich M ^a   Kalbermatten, Daniel F ^a   Wettstein, Reto ^a   Heider, Ilonka ^b   Haug, Martin ^a   Pierer, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Grenade; Marjolin's ulcer; Tumourigenic; War injury

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BOWEN DISEASE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; MALE; MUTAGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CICATRIX; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; MALE; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN ULCER; WAR; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 36649035301     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2006.05.018     Document Type: Article

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