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Basal cell carcinomatous changes on the lower leg: a possible association with chronic venous stasis
Author(s) -
BLACK M.M.,
WALKDEN VALERIE M.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
histopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.626
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1365-2559
pISSN - 0309-0167
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2559.1983.tb02237.x
Subject(s) - venous stasis , basal cell carcinoma , medicine , basal (medicine) , complication , basal cell , pathology , presentation (obstetrics) , gastroenterology , surgery , insulin
Twenty‐one patients are reported who developed basal cell carcinomas on the lower leg. The commonest presentation was of a chronic ‘stasis’ ulcer which usually occurred at atypical sites. It is suggested that the development of basal cell carcinoma changes on the lower leg is a not infrequent complication of chronic venous stasis.