SQUAMOUS-CELL CARCINOMA AND BASAL-CELL CARCINOMA WITHIN THE CLINICAL PICTURE OF A CHRONIC VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY IN THE 3RD STAGE

Two cases of neoplastic ulcers of the leg will be described. which presented themselves within the clinical picture of a chronic venous insufficiency in its third stage. Both cases had a phlebological anamnesis. The transformation of chronic ulcers of the leg into spinal cell carcinomas is well known. With the presence of an ulcus cruris, however, basal cell carcinomas are rarely considered in a differentiated diagnosis. Yet both of these (by and large common) skin tumors can occur in the clinical picture of an ulcus cruris. The role of the dermatologist in the early diagnosis and treatment such neoplastic ulcers is therefore an important one. © 1990 S. Karger AG, Basel.