- Marjolin's ulcer
- a carcinoma that develops at the edge of a chronic ulcer of the skin, usually a venous ulcer in the ankle region.J. N. Marjolin (1780-1850), French surgeon
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Marjolin's ulcer
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