Multiple synchronous acute Marjolin ulcer: A report of 2 cases and literature review

Abstract

Marjolin ulcers are rare and aggressive cutaneous malignancies that arise in previously injured, chronically inflamed, or irritated skin. Most often, they manifest as squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) after burns. Marjolin ulcers occur in 2 forms, acute and chronic. Chronic Marjolin ulcers develop at least 12 months after an injury, whereas the acute form occurs within 12 months. The acute form is exceedingly rare, with scant representation in the literature.1 The synchronous occurrence of multiple Marjolin ulcers is rarer still, with no published case in the literature thus far.