MedicinePathologyHemostasisHistopathologyVascular SurgeryCardiovascular DiseaseHemodynamic DisordersHypertensive DisordersPeptic Ulcer DiseaseVascular PathologyVenous DiseaseDisease Entity RecognitionHypertensive Vascular DiseaseMultifactorial EtiologyVenous Leg UlcersVenous Ulcer PathophysiologyVenous Ulcers
Histology of seven clinically diagnosed cases of Martorell's ulcer was compared with that of twenty-seven crural ulcers of venous origin. Although the majority of Martorell's ulcers are accompanied by a longstanding hypertension with markedly elevated diastolic pressure values, the conception of a specific disease entity with a common etiology should be abandoned. Some of the cases may be due to hypertension alone, but others may be caused or at least enhanced by other microvascular disorders.