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This ulcer is
the result of a freezing of a squamous-cell carcinoma of the
leg on a Medicare patient. Current (October 1996) Medicare guidelines
did not allow the use of MOHS surgery on this patient who chose
liquid nitrogen spray as opposed to scraping and burning to treat
this tumor. Unfortunately proper freezing or scraping and burning
to treat a squamous-cell cancer of the leg results in an ulcer
that usually takes several months to heal without biologic dressings
and may become infected. |
