Marjolin’s ulcer of the thigh after burn injury – case report and review of literature

*Konrad Wroński^1,2

Summary
Marjolin’s ulcer is defined as a tumor which is arising from a chronic wound, scar or chronic inflammation. It is a rare chronic cutaneous ulcer which is often malignancy. The majority of malignancy in Marjolin’s ucers are squamous cell carcinomas. Rarely described malignancies in Marjolin’s ulcers are basal cell carcinoma, melanoma, adenocarcinoma, liposarcoma, fibrosarcoma and osteogenic sarcoma.
The author of this article present a case of a 70-year-old Caucasian man who was admitted to the hospital because of Marjolin’s ulcer. The author performed a literature review on Marjolin’s ulcer diagnosis and treatment.

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