Old War Scar Revisited

In 1828, Jean Nicholas Marjolin, a French surgeon, first described the findings of a neoplastic development arising from a burn scar, now more commonly referred to as a Marjolin ’s ulcer. A Marjolin’s ulcer describes malignant degeneration in any chronic wound. The majority of cases arise in burn scars and are often latent for decades. Marjolin ulcers have been widely identified in post-war time injuries. These ulcers may arise in almost any anatomical location.We repor t a case of an 82 year old male that presented with a painful fluctuating mass on the right arm localized to the site of an old grenade blast injury he sustained many years earlier.

Source: Journal of the American College of Certified Wound Specialists - October 2, 2016 Category: Dermatology Authors: Susan E. Wozniak, Stephanie Zuo, Kamran Khan, JoAnn Coleman Source Type: research