[Malignization of trophic leg ulcers]

The paper treats of the diagnostic and therapeutic results for 40 cases of lower limb trophic ulcers transformed into malignant. The frequency of the malignant transformation and the ulcer site and area are found to correlate. The underlying cause of the ulcer onset and the time from its diagnosis to the first signs of the malignancy have been elucidated. Clinical features of the ulcer malignant transformation, methods of differential diagnosis and therapeutics are described.