A comprehensive review on Marjolin's ulcers: Diagnosis and treatment

Journal of the American College of Certified Wound Specialists

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 60-64

  Pekarek, Brian ^a   Buck, Stacie ^a   Osher, Lawrence ^a  

^a Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Marjolin's ulceration; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; INTERFERON; METHOTREXATE;

CANCER GRADING; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; COMPRESSION; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRYOSURGERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDERMOID TUMOR; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MARJOLIN ULCER; MEDICAL HISTORY; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERFORATOR FLAP; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCAR; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN INJURY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SKIN ULCER; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 84861417297     PISSN: 18764983     EISSN: 18764991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcws.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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