Table 1 Sickle cell disease patients with non-healing leg ulcers, characteristics
From: Sickle cell disease induces resistance to cutaneous carcinogenesis
Variable/Statistic | All patients (n = 29) |
|---|---|
Sex (% female) | 45 |
Age (years), median (range) | 35 (20–52) |
Skin type | |
-VI(%) | 90 |
-V(%) | 10 |
Geographic origin | |
-Sub-Saharan Africa (%) | 76 |
-French West Indies (%) | 24 |
SCD genotype, SS (%) | 100 |
Ulcers (number) | 53 |
-Site | |
*leg (%) | 15 |
*ankle (%) | 72 |
*foot (%) | 13 |
- Size (cm2), median (range) | 15.80 (0.25–101.5) |
- Duration (years), median (range) | 9.2 (2–33) |
- Number of recurrences, median (range) | 5 (0–30) |
-Malignant transformation | 0 |