Clinical Experience of Squamous Cell Carcinoma in a Pressure Sore at Sacrum

Journal of the Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand 2006;15(2):107-110.
Published online October 31, 2006.

Ji Seon Cheon, M.D., Jeong Yeol Yang, M.D.

천골부에 발생한 압박궤양에서 발생한 상피세포암의 치험례

천지선, 양정열

Abstract

  Malignancy in a chronic pressure sore is rare among Marjolin’s ulcers. Carcinomas arising in pressure sores are highly aggressive and usually fatal. Although carcinomas in pressure sores are generally well-differentiated squamous carcinomas, they can show quite an aggressive course and do not respond either to chemotherapy or radiotherapy. The mortality rate is high despite wide surgical resection. Extensive surgical excisions with wide surgical margins are necessary and elective lymph node dissection should be considered for optimal therapy. We report a squamous carcinoma arising in a pressure sore. The related literature was reviewed.

Key Words: Malignancy, Pressure sore