Burn Scar Carcinoma: Patients With Marjolin's Ulcer

Thermal injuries are common in the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq. As a result, medical training and treatment for burns has advanced, improving functional and cosmetic outcomes for burn survivors. However, despite these advances, serious complications from thermal injuries still occur and elude diagnosis. Marjolin’s ulcer is an example of a late, malignant complication of scars from burn sites, which are at a risk of developing this aggressive carcinoma.^1,2