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Case Reports
. 2016 Oct;13(5):1084-6.
doi: 10.1111/iwj.12567. Epub 2016 Jan 10.

An apparently untreatable ulcer of the face

Alessandro Borghi  1 , Sergio Gianesini  2 , Massimo Pedriali  3 , Antonio Stefanelli  4 , Giovanni Mangiola  5 , Patrizia Dalla Caneva  2 , Giovanni Lanza  3 , Annarosa Virgili  6 , Paolo Zamboni  2
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Case Reports

An apparently untreatable ulcer of the face

Alessandro Borghi et al. Int Wound J. 2016 Oct.
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
(A) The extensive ulcerated squamous cell carcinoma at patient presentation; (B) On histological examination, the tumour consists of irregular masses of epidermal cells that proliferate downward into the dermis. The invading masses are composed in varying proportions of semi‐normal squamous cells and of atypical (anaplastic) squamous cells. Note the hyperplasia and hypercromasia of the nuclei, absence of intercellular bridges, keartiniziation (horn pearls are present) of individual cells and presence of mitotic figures.
Figure 2
Figure 2
(A) Complete re‐epithelisation of the ulcerated Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) after a 3‐month weekly medication by surgical debridment and covered with PromogranR; (B) On histological examination of the margins, the skin is trophic, and there is no evidence of residual carcinoma but evident sun exposure damages (actinic elastosis).
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