Marjolin’s Ulcer at the Kara Teaching Hospital (Togo) - Surgical Science

SS > Vol.13 No.1, January 2022

Surgical Science

Volume 13, Issue 1 (January 2022)

ISSN Print: 2157-9407 ISSN Online: 2157-9415

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Marjolin’s Ulcer at the Kara Teaching Hospital (Togo) ()

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DOI: 10.4236/ss.2022.131006 108 Downloads 686 Views

Author(s)

Tchaa Hodabalo Towoezim¹, Tamegnon Dossouvi^2*, Yaovi Yanick Dellanh³, Kokou Kanassoua², Irokoura Kassegne⁴, Pio-Faré Gnandi¹, Anani Abalo⁵, Ekoué David Dosseh⁶

Affiliation(s)

¹Department of Traumatology, Teaching Hospital of Kara, University of Kara, Kara, Togo.
²Department of General Surgery, Teaching Hospital of Kara, University of Kara, Kara, Togo.
³Department of Traumatology, Regional Hospital of Sokodé, University of Lomé, Lomé, Togo.
⁴Department of General Surgery, Regional Hospital of Kara, University of Kara, Kara, Togo.
⁵Department of Traumatology, Sylvanus Olympio Teaching Hospital of Lomé-Togo, University of Lomé, Lomé, Togo.
⁶Department of General Surgery, Sylvanus Olympio Teaching Hospital of Lomé-Togo, University of Lomé, Lomé, Togo.

ABSTRACT

Marjolin’s ulcer is an aggressive tumor that occurs on a chronic non-healing wounds or burn scars. It’s a rare disease. Histologically, it is most often a squamous cell carcinoma. The real frequency is not known. Its incidence would be higher in developing countries where ancestral beliefs and financial difficulties cause consultation delays. Thus the diagnosis is delayed, due in part to the lack or insufficiency of diagnostic means. Our study aimed to describe the epidemiological, diagnostic and therapeutic particularities through three cases treated in our center. The delay in consultation resulted in the death of one patient, while for the other two, amputation prevented the extension of the tumor. Limb amputation is increasingly rare in the management of Marjolin’s ulcer, but in our difficult conditions it is still widely practiced when the tumor is localized at the extremity of the limb, without signs of remote invasion.

KEYWORDS

Ulcer, Marjolin, Cancer, Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Amputation

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Towoezim, T. , Dossouvi, T. , Dellanh, Y. , Kanassoua, K. , Kassegne, I. , Gnandi, P. , Abalo, A. and Dosseh, E. (2022) Marjolin’s Ulcer at the Kara Teaching Hospital (Togo). Surgical Science, 13, 34-39. doi: 10.4236/ss.2022.131006.

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