Squamous-cell carcinoma developing in the chronic draining sinuses of osteomyelitis

✍ Scribed by William F. Hejna

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1965
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 596 KB
• Volume: 18
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0008-543X
• DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(196501)18:1<128::aid-cncr2820180118>3.0.co;2-y

✦ Synopsis

N 1828, MARJOLIN FIRST RECOGNIZED THAT I the squamous cells bordering or lining chronically infected areas of bone may develop malignant characteristics. Reports of this condition then remained scanty for about 100 years, when Benedictl reviewed the subject and added 12 cases to the 39 he found in the literature. He reported no deaths and stated that the prognosis was good. Henderson