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Image Number #8322 (Decubitus Ulcer)

Diagnosis: Decubitus Ulcer

Description: Giant ulcer

Morphology: Ulcer

Site: Back

Sex: M

Age: 12

Type: Clinical

Submitted By: Nameer Al-Sudany

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Differential Diagnosis
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History:

 A paraplegic boy born with spina bifida presented with a giant ulcer with punched out border and hyperpigmented surrounding skin. The ulcer developed gradually two years before over the most prominent part of the kyphotic vertebral column!

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