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

천골부에 발생한 압박궤양에서 발생한 상피세포암의 치험례

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.