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Basal Cell Carcinoma Is Not Granulation Tissue in the Venous Leg Ulcer

Aleksandar Jankovi, MD, PhD

Department of Dermatology and Venerology, Clinical Center, Ni, Serbia, jakesnage{at}gmail.com

Ivana Bini, MD

Department of Dermatology and Venerology, Clinical Center, Ni, Serbia

Milanka Ljubenovi, MD

Department of Dermatology and Venerology, Clinical Center, Ni, Serbia

The authors present a case of a 76-year-old female with a 7-year history of a nonhealing leg ulcer. The wound surface had epithelial tissue present in a diffuse way with shiny granulations on parts of the edge of the ulcer. A biopsy of the ulcer edge was performed to study the reasons for the absence of response to treatment and the presence of abnormal granulation tissue. The result showed the presence of a basal cell carcinoma. The authors conclude that skin biopsy is very important in nonhealing chronic venous ulcers because carcinomas may mimic granulation tissue and complicate venous ulcers.

Key Words: basal cell carcinoma • venous leg ulcer • biopsy

The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds, Vol. 7, No. 3, 182-184 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1534734608320715


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