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Carcinoma arising in burn scar
Author(s) -
Sarma Deba P.,
Weilbaecher Thomas G.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.2930290205
Subject(s) - medicine , amputation , surgery , basal cell , irritation , carcinoma , general surgery , pathology , immunology
A 60‐year‐old man had undergone a left below‐knee amputation 30 years ago owing to trauma and burn suffered in a dynamite explosion. He has been wearing an artificial leg since then. He developed a squamous cell carcinoma on the amputation stump 30 years later. The possible relationship of the burn scar and chronic irritation by the artificial leg to the cancer is discussed.