| Literature DB >> 21259256 |
Amit Sharma1, Robert A Schwartz, Kenneth G Swan.
Abstract
Marjolin's ulcer refers to malignant change within burn scar. The French surgeon Jean-Nicolas Marjolin is honored with the eponym. Marjolin described the "warty ulcer" in the first edition of Dictionnaire de Medécine. In his description, Marjolin did not actually state that this ulcer represented malignant transformation. Credit for noting the specific association involved in Marjolin's ulcer belongs to Caesar Hawkins, an English Surgeon, who described skin cancer arising in burn and flogging scars.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 21259256 DOI: 10.1002/jso.21783
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Surg Oncol ISSN: 0022-4790 Impact factor: 3.454