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*[[Squamous cell carcinoma of the skin]]. | *[[Squamous cell carcinoma of the skin]]. | ||
**Known as a ''Marjolin's ulcer'' when arising in the context of long standing inflammation.<ref name=pmid11177375>{{Cite journal | last1 = Simmons | first1 = MA. | last2 = Edwards | first2 = JM. | last3 = Nigam | first3 = A. | title = Marjolin's ulcer presenting in the neck. | journal = J Laryngol Otol | volume = 114 | issue = 12 | pages = 980-2 | month = Dec | year = 2000 | doi = | PMID = 11177375 }}</ref> | **Known as a ''Marjolin's ulcer'' when arising in the context of long standing inflammation.<ref name=pmid11177375>{{Cite journal | last1 = Simmons | first1 = MA. | last2 = Edwards | first2 = JM. | last3 = Nigam | first3 = A. | title = Marjolin's ulcer presenting in the neck. | journal = J Laryngol Otol | volume = 114 | issue = 12 | pages = 980-2 | month = Dec | year = 2000 | doi = | PMID = 11177375 }}</ref> | ||
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SKIN LESION ("DECUBITUS ULCER"), EXCISION: | |||
- SKIN ULCERATION WITH REACTIVE CHANGES (CONSISTENT WITH PRESSURE ULCER). | |||
- NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY. | |||
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====Micro==== | |||
The sections show skin with acanthosis, hypergranulosis, compact hyperkeratosis and focal full thickness loss of the epidermis, associated with a mixed inflammatory infiltrate. The dermis has reactive fibroblasts with moderate grey cytoplasm, nuclear enlargement and round small nucleoli. Fibroblast nuclei have regular nuclear membranes and a bland chromatin pattern. Small clusters of neutrophils are present. Mitotic activity is not apparent. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||