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Marjolin’s ulcer presenting in the neck

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

M. A. Simmons
Affiliation:
Departments of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, UK.
J. M. Edwards
Affiliation:
Departments of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, UK.
A. Nigam
Affiliation:
Departments of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, UK.

Abstract

‘Marjolin’s ulcer’ is a term that has come to be used for epidermal squamous cell carcinomas that have developed in areas of chronic inflammation. To our knowledge this is the first ever report of a Marjolin’s ulcer developing following long-term irritation of the skin of the neck. The history of the eponym is traced and reveals that Marjolin probably never actually described this pathological process.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2000

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