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Clinical examination of ulcers
Presented by:
Waseem ahmad
‫فیصل‬ ‫،،محمد‬ ‫نزیر‬ ‫جنید‬ ‫معاونین‬,‫اختر‬ ‫دانش‬
P.G Scholars
 DEPARTMENT OF ILMUL JARAHAT
 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF UNANI MEDICINE, KOTTIGEPALYA, MAGADI
MAIN ROAD.
 BANGALORE-91.
Contents
1. What is ulcer???????
2. Classification of ulcers
3. Examination of ulcer
a) . History of patient
b) . Physical examination
c) . Local examination
d) . Examination of lymph nodes
e) . General examination
f) . Differential diagnosis
4. Related Investigation
5. Some rare ulcers
What is ulcer:
ulcer is the break in the continuity of the surface
epithelium – skin or mucus membrane. It may
either follow molecular death of the epithelium
or its traumatic removal.
Classification of ulcers
1. Clinical classification
2. Pathological classification
Clinical classification:
1. Spreading
2. Healing
3. Callous or chronic ulcer
1. Spreading ulcer:
when the surrounding skin of the ulcer is
edematous and the floor is covered with
profuse and offensive slough without any
evidence of healthy granulation tissue. The
edge is inflamed, edematous and ragged.
Very painful. Regional lymph nodes are
enlarged.
Clinical examination of ulcers
2. Healing ulcer:
The Floor is covered with pinkish and red
healthy granulation tissue. The edge is reddish
with granulation and margin is bluish due to
growing epithelium. The discharge is serous and
slight.
Healing ulcer with red granulation
tissue
3. Callous or chronic ulcer:
ulcer show no tendency toward healing. The floor
is covered with pale granulation tissue or a wash-
leather slough as in gummatous ulcer. Discharge
is scanty or absent. The floor is often indurated.
2. Pathological classification:
A. Non specific ulcer
B. Specific ulcer
C. Malignant ulcer
A. Non specific ulcer
- Traumatic ulcer
- Arterial ulcer
- Venous ulcer
- Neurogenic ulcer / trophic ulcer (related to nutrition):
- Tropic ulcer(related to geographical area) :
- Associated with some diseases: diabetes, gout,
anemia, rheumatoid arthritis etc.
- Rare ulcers : Bazin’s ulcer, martorell’s ulcer
Traumatic ulcer:
caused by trauma. Trauma may be physical,
mechanical and chemical.
Mechanical trauma such as dental ulcer of the
tongue caused by jagged tooth.
Physical trauma such as trauma by electric
burn and x-irradiation.
chemical trauma such as ulcers caused by
strong acids.
Arterial ulcer:
arterial occlusion may give rise to decreased
blood supply to distal part and will cause
ischemia that will lead to ulceration. example :
burger's disease, Reynaud's disease,
atherosclerosis.
Arterial ulcer:
venous ulcer:
arising as an involvement
of varicosity and DVT.
Neurogenic ulcer /
trophic ulcer (related to
nutrition): They occur
due to repeated trauma to
the insensitive part of the
body.
venous ulcer: Neurogenic ulcer
Tropic ulcer / Aden ulcer / Jungle rot
(related to geographical area) :
which occur mostly on the legs.
Infection by Bacteroide Fusiformis on a
small abrasion on the leg may cause the
ulcer. This type of ulcers occur mostly in
tropical regions
Tropic ulcer / Aden ulcer / Jungle rot
(related to geographical area) :
B. Specific ulcer
Syphilitic ulcer,
Tubercular ulcer,
Chancroid and
Actinomycosis.
Examination of ulcer
1. HISTORY
I. Mode of onset
II. DURATION
III. PAIN
IV. DISCHARGE
V. ASSOCIATED DISEASE
2. INSPECTION
3. PALPATION
•Ulcer from trauma:
They heal spontaneously after removal of traumatic
agent but can transform into chronic ulcer if traumatic
agent persists. Example: dental ulcer of the tongue.
•Ulcer starting spontaneously:
They start with swelling and the swelling may be
matted tuberculus lymph node and rapidly growing
malignant tumour such as epithelioma and malignant
malenoma. They may be found due to vascular
insufficiency.
HISTORY
Mode of onset
Duration
Acute ulcer
Acute ulcer will be present for a shorter
duration such as chancroid/ soft sore
I.P 3-4 days.
Chronic ulcer
Chronic ulcer will be present for a longer
duration such as syphilis/ huntarian
chancre
I.P 3-4 weeks
HISTORY
Pain
Painful ulcer: ulcer associated with inflammatory
reactions are painful.
Slight painful ulcer: tubercular ulcer
Painless ulcer: syphilitic ulcer, nerve disease(
tabes dorsalis, syringomyelia, peripheral
neuropathy), malignant ulcer (squamous cell
carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma)
HISTORY
Discharge
Serous discharge – healing ulcer
Purulent discharge – inflamed and spreading
ulcer.
Serosanguinous discharge – tubercular ulcer,
malignant ulcer.
Greenish discharge – infection with B-
pyocyanea.
HISTORY
Associated disease
Nervous diseases (trophic ulcer/perforating ulcer)
Syringomyelia, peripheral neuropathy, tabes dorsalis etc.
They all form ulcer
Metabolic diseases
Diabetic mellitus – peripheral vasculopathy, neuropathy
and sugar laden tissues.
Infection
Syphilis- first stage: chancre
Second stage: mucus patches and chondyloma lata
Third stage: gummatous ulcers
Tuberculosis- tubercular ulcer.
HISTORY
INSPECTION
1. SIZE AND SHAPE
2. NUMBER
3. POSITION
4. EDGE
5. FLOOR
6. DISCHAREGE
7. SURROUNDING AREA
INSPECTION
Size and shape
Oval shape:
Tubercular ulcer are oval in shape but
their coalescence may give rise to
irregular crescentic border.
Circular/semicircular:
Syphilitic ulcer are circular or
semicircular in shape in initial stage but
their coalescence may give rise to
serpiginous ulcer.
INSPECTION
Vertically oval in shape:
varicose ulcer are vertical oval in shape mostly
present on medial aspect of upper part of the ankle
joint.
Irregular:
carcinomatous ulcer are irregular in shape.
Size of the ulcer is important to know the time
required for healing.
The size may be estimated by keeping the dry gauze
piece on the ulcer and measuring its area of wetting.
INSPECTION
Number
Tubercular, syphilitic and
varicose ulcer may be more
than 1 in number.
INSPECTION
Position
Position is important to
know as it may give a clue
to the diagnosis.
VARICOSE ULCER :
Above the medial malleolus of
the lower limb.
RODENT ULCER :
Found on the face above the line
joining the angle of the mouth
to the lobule of the ear specially
near the inner canthus of the
eye.
INSPECTION
Position
TUBERCULAR ULCER :
They are seen where tubercular
lymphadenopathy is more
common such as neck, axilla and
groin.
LUPUS VULGARIS:
Found on face, fingers and hands.
INSPECTION
Position
SYPHYLITIC ULCER:
Huntarian chancre/ soft sore
on external genitalia.
Mucucs patches on mucucs
membrane of mouth and
chondyloma lata on and lips, nipple
and vulva.
Gummatous ulcer on subcutaneous
bone such as tibia, sternum and
skull.
INSPECTION
Position
TROPHIC ULCER/
PERFORATING ULCER:
Mostly found on the part of
the body which carries
maximum body weight such
as heel and bail of foot.
INSPECTION
Position
EDGES
Edges gives clue to the
diagnosis and tells about
the condition of the ulcer.
FIVE types of the edges
1. Undermined edges
The disease causing the ulcer
destroys subcutaneous tissue
more faster than it destroys
the skin. The overhanging
skin is thin, red, friable and
healthy.
INSPECTION
2. Punched out edges
The edges of the ulcers drops
down at 90 degree to the skin
surface as if it has been
punched out. The disease
causing the ulcer is limited to
ulcer itself.
INSPECTION
edges
3.Sloping edge
Seen in healing ulcers and venous
ulcers. It contains reddish purple
healthy granulation tissue.
4.Pearly white and beaded edge
Seen in rodent ulcer.
Seen in invasive cellular dieasese.
They become necrotic at the centre.
INSPECTION
edges
5.Rolled out/ everted edges
Seen in squamous cell
carcinoma and ulcerated
adenocarcinoma.
The growing portion at the
edge heaps up and spills over
the healthy skin to become
everted edge
INSPECTION
edges
Floor
Floor is the exposed surface of the ulcer.
Red granulation tissue at the floor – healing ulcer.
Pale and smooth tissue - slowly healing ulcer.
Washed leather floor – gummatous ulcer.
Black tissue at the floor – malignant malenoma.
Floor reaching upto the bone – trophic /perforating
ulcer.
INSPECTION
Serous discharge – healing ulcer
Purulent discharge – inflamed and spreading
ulcer.
Serosanguinous discharge – tubercular ulcer,
malignant ulcer.
Greenish discharge – infection with B-
pyocyanea.
Discharge
INSPECTION
Surrounding area
Red edematous and glossy – acutely
inflamed ulcer
Eczematous and pigmented – vascular
ulcer
Wrinkled skin – tubercular ulcer
INSPECTION
Palpation:
1. Tenderness
2. Edge and margins
3. Base
4. Depth
5. Bleeding
6. Relation with deeper structure
7. Surrounding skin.
Tenderness
Tender – acutely inflamed ulcer
Slightly tender – tubercular ulcer,
varicose ulcer
Non tender – syphilitic ulcer,
malignant ulcer and Ulcer from nerve
diseases such as Transverse neurirtis
Syringomyelia
Tabes dorsalis
Peripheral neuropathy
Palpation
Edges and margins
Careful palpation gives to the diagnosis.
Induration
Syphilitic ulcer, trophic ulcer and chronic ulcer.
Marked induration
Malignant ulcer such as squamous cell
carcinoma and ulcerated adenocarcinoma.
Slight induration Tuberculosis
Palpation
Base
Base is better felt than inspected.
To feel the base an attempt is made to pick
the ulcer between the index finger and
thumb. Indurations of the base is assessed.
Marked induration -
Malignant ulcer
Syphilitic ulcer
Slight induration-
Chronic ulcer.
Palpation
Depth
Depth is important as it
gives clue to diagnosis.
Depth can be measured in
millimeter.
Trophic ulcer/ perforating
ulcers are deep reaching
upto the bone or tendon.
Bleeding
Malignant ulcer mostly
bleed during palpation.
Palpation
Relation with deeper structures
An ulcer is made to move over the underlying
structure to know whether it is fixed or not.
Fixed over the underlying bone- gummatous
ulcer.
Fixed over the underlying tissue- malignant
ulcer.
Palpation
Pulsation
Dorsalis pedis
Anterior tibial artery
Posterior tibial artery
Popliteal artery
Femoral artery
Palpation
Examination of the lymph nodes
Acutely inflamed ulcers – Regional lymph nodes are
enlarged and tender.
Tubercular ulcer – regional lymph nodes are matted,
enlarged and slightly tender.
Huntarian chancre- firm, discrete and shotty.
Malignant ulcer- stony hard and fixed to the
neighboring structure.
Gummatous ulcer- lymph nodes not usually
involved.
Rodent ulcer- lymph nodes not usually involves
because of early obliteration of the lymphatics by
neoplastic cells.
General examination
Palpation
General examination
When ulcer is suspected to be syphilitic then other syphilitic
stigmas are searched for.
Head – Alopecia / bossing of the head
Eyes – Interstitial keratitis
Nose – Depression of the bridge of the nose
Septum – Perforation
Ears – Otitis interna
Hard palate – Perforation
Teeth – Hutchinson’ teeth
Tongue – Glossitis
Occipital lymph nodes are enlarged
Epitrochlear lymph nodes are enlarged
Testes – Gummatous orchitis
Knee joint – Clutton’s joint
Tibia – Sabre tibia
When ulcer is suspected to be
tuberculuos
All lymph nodes should be examined.
Examination of the chest should be done.
Examination of the abdomen should be
done.
When the ulcer is suspected to be ischemic
Examination should be done to find the presence of
atherosclerosis.
When the ulcer is suspected to be
trophic/perforating
Examination should be done to find the presence of
the nervous disease or any malnutrition.
Investigations
Routine examination of the blood
TLC – increased in acute infection
DLC – lymphocytes are increased in chronic
infections
HB – decreased hemoglobin may be suggestive
of trophic ulcers
ESR – increased in acut and chronic
infection
Blood sugar – to exclude diabetes mellitus
Urine – to exclude presence of sugar
Bacteriological examination of the discharge
to find out that what type of organism is present in
discharge and its sensitivity to particular antibiotic
Investigations
Discharge from syphilitic ulcer:
Clean the ulcer with normal saline first then take
sample from the discharge and place it on slide
and cover with cover slip to examine under
microscope with dark ground illumination.
Laminated treponema pallidum will be observed.
Wasserman reaction test for syphilis: syphilis
non specific antibody react with phospholipids
and hence are called anti phospholipid antibody.
APA are raised in the patient.
Investigations
Discharge from the tubercular ulcer:
M. tuberculi has a physical property not to
change their colour by acids during staining
and hence are called acid fast bacilli.
Montoux test:
5 units of tuberlin (0.1ml solution) is injected
intradermally and read after 48 to 72 hours for
assessment of induration. The area of
induration is compared with the reference
values.
Investigations
Biopsy of the ulcer :
Biopsy is taken from the edge of the ulcer
taking a portion of the surrounding tissue
and examined histologically to find out the
type of the tumor.
X-Ray chest and bone: to exclude the
tuberculosis.
Contrast radiography: to exclude vascular
involvement in ulcers
Investigations
Differential diagnosis:
Traumatic ulcer
Three reasons are there mechanical, physical and
chemical.
Mechanical : dental trauma of the tongue caused by
jagged tooth.
Physical: Burn and X-irradiation.
Chemical trauma: cause by strong acid and base.
Ischemic ulcer(arterial ulcer)
Pain and intermittent claudication is the main complaint
Site anterior and outer aspect of the leg such as dorsum of the
foot and toe.
Punched out edges, deep perforating ulcer reaching up to the
bone and tendon.
Floor contains minimal granulation tissue
Signs of ischemia such as dry skin, pallor, loss of hairs and
fissuring of the nail.
Pulsation: either absent or feeble but not clearly defined.
When present on the inner aspect of the lower leg, a venous
ulcer should always be excluded. Venous ulcer is present above
the medial malleolus. Arterial ulcer is present below the medial
malleolus.
Differential diagnosis:
Venous ulcer:
Age : mostly seen in older age.
History of prolonged standing and walking
often associated varicose vein.
Main complaint is pain in initial stage only
which later subsides.
Site : above the medial malleolus
Shape: vertical oval in shape
Edges : sloping
Floor: thick granulation tissue with slight
oozing of serous discharge.
Surroundings: Eczematous and pigmented.
No signs of ischemia.
Differential diagnosis
Trophic ulcer/ neurogenic ulcer
Trophic ulcers are caused by repeated trauma to the
insensitive part of the body.
Trophic and gummatous ulcers both have punched
out edges but main differential point is that trophic
ulcers occur on the part of the body which carry
maximum body weight whereas gummatous ulcers
occur on subcutaneous bones such as tibia, sternum
and skull.
History : H/o DM and neurological disorders.
Complaints: Pain may not be present because of
peripheral neuropathy.
Differential diagnosis
Complaint of loss of sensation is present.
Site: heel and bail of the foot.
EDGES: punched out and deep.
Floor : tendon and bone may be exposed with
foul smelling slough.
Base : slightly indurated
Surroundings : no sensation
Differential diagnosis
DIABETIC ULCERS:
H/O DM present.
Three main factors play important role in
causation.
Diabetic neuropathy, diabetic vasculopathy
and glucose laden cells vulnerable to
infection.
Differential diagnosis
Tuberculuos ulcers:
Site : neck, axilla and groin.
Edges : undermined edges
Floor : contains pale granulation tissue
Discharge: serosanguinous discharge
Base : slightly indurated
Tenderness : slightly tender
Lymph nodes : enlarged, matted and slight
tender.
Caused by bursting of the caseus lymph
nodes.
Differential diagnosis
Mountoux test, guinaepig inoculation test, X-
ray chest are helpful to exclude tuberculosis.
Differential diagnosis
Lupus vulgaris:
They are superficial not deep.
Site: face, hand and fingers
They start as superficial nodules which later on
burst forming superficial and cutaneous
ulcers.
They remain active at periphery thus continue
to destroy the surrounding skin but at centre
they become healed. Due to their destructive
nature, they are called lupus which means
wolf.
Differential diagnosis
Syphilitic ulcers:
Primary stage : Hard chancre are formed 3 to 4 weeks
after infection. hard chancre are pathognomonic of the
first stage.
Site : External genitalia specially on coronal sulcus and
frenum of the penis.
Base : indurated and feels like a button.
Regional lymph nodes : enlarged, hard, discrete,
painless and movable.
Differential diagnosis
Secondary stage :
Mucus patches: these are small, round,
superficial and white pathes. Later they
coalesce to form the snail track ulcer. They are
found in the mucus membrane of the mouth.
Chondyloma lata : these are small, round,
raised and flat. They are found in
mucocutaneous junction such as angle of the
mouth, vulva and anal canal.
Differential diagnosis
Third stage:
gummatous ulcers
These are punched out edges with wash-leather
slough at the floor. They are caused by obliterative
endarteritis, fibrosis and necrosis. They are present
on subcutaneous bones such as tibia, sternum and
skull.
In third stage lymph nodes are seldom affected
because lymphatics are early closed by perivascular
inflammatory reaction.
Differential diagnosis
Soft sore / chancroid / Ducrey’s ulcer
IP – 3 to 4 days
These are multiple, painful and acute ulcers whose
edges are edematous and floor is filled with yellowish
slough.
Site – external genitalia
Differential diagnosis
Bazin’s ulcers/ erythema induratum
They are found in fatty adolescent girls
particularly on the calf muscles. They start as
puplish nodules which later transform into
ulceration.
Martorell’s ulcer/ hypertensive ulcer
This is a condition of old age and associated with
atherosclerosis. It starts as a skin patch on legs in
which necrosis occurs due to reduced blood supply
leaving a punched out ulcer. This ulcer extends
upto the deep fascia. The patients complains of
severe pain.
Yaws/ polypapilloma tropicum
The causative organism is treponema pertenue which
enters through an abrasion on the skin or abrasion
caused by walking barefooted. This ulcer is painless
and heals spontaneously within few weeks leaving a
tissue paper like scar.
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Clinical examination of ulcers

  • 2. Presented by: Waseem ahmad ‫فیصل‬ ‫،،محمد‬ ‫نزیر‬ ‫جنید‬ ‫معاونین‬,‫اختر‬ ‫دانش‬ P.G Scholars  DEPARTMENT OF ILMUL JARAHAT  NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF UNANI MEDICINE, KOTTIGEPALYA, MAGADI MAIN ROAD.  BANGALORE-91.
  • 3. Contents 1. What is ulcer??????? 2. Classification of ulcers 3. Examination of ulcer a) . History of patient b) . Physical examination c) . Local examination d) . Examination of lymph nodes e) . General examination f) . Differential diagnosis 4. Related Investigation 5. Some rare ulcers
  • 4. What is ulcer: ulcer is the break in the continuity of the surface epithelium – skin or mucus membrane. It may either follow molecular death of the epithelium or its traumatic removal.
  • 5. Classification of ulcers 1. Clinical classification 2. Pathological classification Clinical classification: 1. Spreading 2. Healing 3. Callous or chronic ulcer
  • 6. 1. Spreading ulcer: when the surrounding skin of the ulcer is edematous and the floor is covered with profuse and offensive slough without any evidence of healthy granulation tissue. The edge is inflamed, edematous and ragged. Very painful. Regional lymph nodes are enlarged.
  • 8. 2. Healing ulcer: The Floor is covered with pinkish and red healthy granulation tissue. The edge is reddish with granulation and margin is bluish due to growing epithelium. The discharge is serous and slight.
  • 9. Healing ulcer with red granulation tissue
  • 10. 3. Callous or chronic ulcer: ulcer show no tendency toward healing. The floor is covered with pale granulation tissue or a wash- leather slough as in gummatous ulcer. Discharge is scanty or absent. The floor is often indurated.
  • 11. 2. Pathological classification: A. Non specific ulcer B. Specific ulcer C. Malignant ulcer A. Non specific ulcer - Traumatic ulcer - Arterial ulcer - Venous ulcer - Neurogenic ulcer / trophic ulcer (related to nutrition): - Tropic ulcer(related to geographical area) : - Associated with some diseases: diabetes, gout, anemia, rheumatoid arthritis etc. - Rare ulcers : Bazin’s ulcer, martorell’s ulcer
  • 12. Traumatic ulcer: caused by trauma. Trauma may be physical, mechanical and chemical. Mechanical trauma such as dental ulcer of the tongue caused by jagged tooth. Physical trauma such as trauma by electric burn and x-irradiation. chemical trauma such as ulcers caused by strong acids.
  • 13. Arterial ulcer: arterial occlusion may give rise to decreased blood supply to distal part and will cause ischemia that will lead to ulceration. example : burger's disease, Reynaud's disease, atherosclerosis.
  • 15. venous ulcer: arising as an involvement of varicosity and DVT. Neurogenic ulcer / trophic ulcer (related to nutrition): They occur due to repeated trauma to the insensitive part of the body.
  • 17. Tropic ulcer / Aden ulcer / Jungle rot (related to geographical area) : which occur mostly on the legs. Infection by Bacteroide Fusiformis on a small abrasion on the leg may cause the ulcer. This type of ulcers occur mostly in tropical regions
  • 18. Tropic ulcer / Aden ulcer / Jungle rot (related to geographical area) :
  • 19. B. Specific ulcer Syphilitic ulcer, Tubercular ulcer, Chancroid and Actinomycosis.
  • 20. Examination of ulcer 1. HISTORY I. Mode of onset II. DURATION III. PAIN IV. DISCHARGE V. ASSOCIATED DISEASE 2. INSPECTION 3. PALPATION
  • 21. •Ulcer from trauma: They heal spontaneously after removal of traumatic agent but can transform into chronic ulcer if traumatic agent persists. Example: dental ulcer of the tongue. •Ulcer starting spontaneously: They start with swelling and the swelling may be matted tuberculus lymph node and rapidly growing malignant tumour such as epithelioma and malignant malenoma. They may be found due to vascular insufficiency. HISTORY Mode of onset
  • 22. Duration Acute ulcer Acute ulcer will be present for a shorter duration such as chancroid/ soft sore I.P 3-4 days. Chronic ulcer Chronic ulcer will be present for a longer duration such as syphilis/ huntarian chancre I.P 3-4 weeks HISTORY
  • 23. Pain Painful ulcer: ulcer associated with inflammatory reactions are painful. Slight painful ulcer: tubercular ulcer Painless ulcer: syphilitic ulcer, nerve disease( tabes dorsalis, syringomyelia, peripheral neuropathy), malignant ulcer (squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma) HISTORY
  • 24. Discharge Serous discharge – healing ulcer Purulent discharge – inflamed and spreading ulcer. Serosanguinous discharge – tubercular ulcer, malignant ulcer. Greenish discharge – infection with B- pyocyanea. HISTORY
  • 25. Associated disease Nervous diseases (trophic ulcer/perforating ulcer) Syringomyelia, peripheral neuropathy, tabes dorsalis etc. They all form ulcer Metabolic diseases Diabetic mellitus – peripheral vasculopathy, neuropathy and sugar laden tissues. Infection Syphilis- first stage: chancre Second stage: mucus patches and chondyloma lata Third stage: gummatous ulcers Tuberculosis- tubercular ulcer. HISTORY
  • 26. INSPECTION 1. SIZE AND SHAPE 2. NUMBER 3. POSITION 4. EDGE 5. FLOOR 6. DISCHAREGE 7. SURROUNDING AREA INSPECTION
  • 27. Size and shape Oval shape: Tubercular ulcer are oval in shape but their coalescence may give rise to irregular crescentic border. Circular/semicircular: Syphilitic ulcer are circular or semicircular in shape in initial stage but their coalescence may give rise to serpiginous ulcer. INSPECTION
  • 28. Vertically oval in shape: varicose ulcer are vertical oval in shape mostly present on medial aspect of upper part of the ankle joint. Irregular: carcinomatous ulcer are irregular in shape. Size of the ulcer is important to know the time required for healing. The size may be estimated by keeping the dry gauze piece on the ulcer and measuring its area of wetting. INSPECTION
  • 29. Number Tubercular, syphilitic and varicose ulcer may be more than 1 in number. INSPECTION Position Position is important to know as it may give a clue to the diagnosis.
  • 30. VARICOSE ULCER : Above the medial malleolus of the lower limb. RODENT ULCER : Found on the face above the line joining the angle of the mouth to the lobule of the ear specially near the inner canthus of the eye. INSPECTION Position
  • 31. TUBERCULAR ULCER : They are seen where tubercular lymphadenopathy is more common such as neck, axilla and groin. LUPUS VULGARIS: Found on face, fingers and hands. INSPECTION Position
  • 32. SYPHYLITIC ULCER: Huntarian chancre/ soft sore on external genitalia. Mucucs patches on mucucs membrane of mouth and chondyloma lata on and lips, nipple and vulva. Gummatous ulcer on subcutaneous bone such as tibia, sternum and skull. INSPECTION Position
  • 33. TROPHIC ULCER/ PERFORATING ULCER: Mostly found on the part of the body which carries maximum body weight such as heel and bail of foot. INSPECTION Position
  • 34. EDGES Edges gives clue to the diagnosis and tells about the condition of the ulcer. FIVE types of the edges 1. Undermined edges The disease causing the ulcer destroys subcutaneous tissue more faster than it destroys the skin. The overhanging skin is thin, red, friable and healthy. INSPECTION
  • 35. 2. Punched out edges The edges of the ulcers drops down at 90 degree to the skin surface as if it has been punched out. The disease causing the ulcer is limited to ulcer itself. INSPECTION edges
  • 36. 3.Sloping edge Seen in healing ulcers and venous ulcers. It contains reddish purple healthy granulation tissue. 4.Pearly white and beaded edge Seen in rodent ulcer. Seen in invasive cellular dieasese. They become necrotic at the centre. INSPECTION edges
  • 37. 5.Rolled out/ everted edges Seen in squamous cell carcinoma and ulcerated adenocarcinoma. The growing portion at the edge heaps up and spills over the healthy skin to become everted edge INSPECTION edges
  • 38. Floor Floor is the exposed surface of the ulcer. Red granulation tissue at the floor – healing ulcer. Pale and smooth tissue - slowly healing ulcer. Washed leather floor – gummatous ulcer. Black tissue at the floor – malignant malenoma. Floor reaching upto the bone – trophic /perforating ulcer. INSPECTION
  • 39. Serous discharge – healing ulcer Purulent discharge – inflamed and spreading ulcer. Serosanguinous discharge – tubercular ulcer, malignant ulcer. Greenish discharge – infection with B- pyocyanea. Discharge INSPECTION
  • 40. Surrounding area Red edematous and glossy – acutely inflamed ulcer Eczematous and pigmented – vascular ulcer Wrinkled skin – tubercular ulcer INSPECTION
  • 41. Palpation: 1. Tenderness 2. Edge and margins 3. Base 4. Depth 5. Bleeding 6. Relation with deeper structure 7. Surrounding skin.
  • 42. Tenderness Tender – acutely inflamed ulcer Slightly tender – tubercular ulcer, varicose ulcer Non tender – syphilitic ulcer, malignant ulcer and Ulcer from nerve diseases such as Transverse neurirtis Syringomyelia Tabes dorsalis Peripheral neuropathy Palpation
  • 43. Edges and margins Careful palpation gives to the diagnosis. Induration Syphilitic ulcer, trophic ulcer and chronic ulcer. Marked induration Malignant ulcer such as squamous cell carcinoma and ulcerated adenocarcinoma. Slight induration Tuberculosis Palpation
  • 44. Base Base is better felt than inspected. To feel the base an attempt is made to pick the ulcer between the index finger and thumb. Indurations of the base is assessed. Marked induration - Malignant ulcer Syphilitic ulcer Slight induration- Chronic ulcer. Palpation
  • 45. Depth Depth is important as it gives clue to diagnosis. Depth can be measured in millimeter. Trophic ulcer/ perforating ulcers are deep reaching upto the bone or tendon. Bleeding Malignant ulcer mostly bleed during palpation. Palpation
  • 46. Relation with deeper structures An ulcer is made to move over the underlying structure to know whether it is fixed or not. Fixed over the underlying bone- gummatous ulcer. Fixed over the underlying tissue- malignant ulcer. Palpation
  • 47. Pulsation Dorsalis pedis Anterior tibial artery Posterior tibial artery Popliteal artery Femoral artery Palpation
  • 48. Examination of the lymph nodes Acutely inflamed ulcers – Regional lymph nodes are enlarged and tender. Tubercular ulcer – regional lymph nodes are matted, enlarged and slightly tender. Huntarian chancre- firm, discrete and shotty. Malignant ulcer- stony hard and fixed to the neighboring structure. Gummatous ulcer- lymph nodes not usually involved. Rodent ulcer- lymph nodes not usually involves because of early obliteration of the lymphatics by neoplastic cells. General examination Palpation
  • 49. General examination When ulcer is suspected to be syphilitic then other syphilitic stigmas are searched for. Head – Alopecia / bossing of the head Eyes – Interstitial keratitis Nose – Depression of the bridge of the nose Septum – Perforation Ears – Otitis interna Hard palate – Perforation Teeth – Hutchinson’ teeth Tongue – Glossitis Occipital lymph nodes are enlarged Epitrochlear lymph nodes are enlarged Testes – Gummatous orchitis Knee joint – Clutton’s joint Tibia – Sabre tibia
  • 50. When ulcer is suspected to be tuberculuos All lymph nodes should be examined. Examination of the chest should be done. Examination of the abdomen should be done. When the ulcer is suspected to be ischemic Examination should be done to find the presence of atherosclerosis. When the ulcer is suspected to be trophic/perforating Examination should be done to find the presence of the nervous disease or any malnutrition.
  • 51. Investigations Routine examination of the blood TLC – increased in acute infection DLC – lymphocytes are increased in chronic infections HB – decreased hemoglobin may be suggestive of trophic ulcers ESR – increased in acut and chronic infection
  • 52. Blood sugar – to exclude diabetes mellitus Urine – to exclude presence of sugar Bacteriological examination of the discharge to find out that what type of organism is present in discharge and its sensitivity to particular antibiotic Investigations
  • 53. Discharge from syphilitic ulcer: Clean the ulcer with normal saline first then take sample from the discharge and place it on slide and cover with cover slip to examine under microscope with dark ground illumination. Laminated treponema pallidum will be observed. Wasserman reaction test for syphilis: syphilis non specific antibody react with phospholipids and hence are called anti phospholipid antibody. APA are raised in the patient. Investigations
  • 54. Discharge from the tubercular ulcer: M. tuberculi has a physical property not to change their colour by acids during staining and hence are called acid fast bacilli. Montoux test: 5 units of tuberlin (0.1ml solution) is injected intradermally and read after 48 to 72 hours for assessment of induration. The area of induration is compared with the reference values. Investigations
  • 55. Biopsy of the ulcer : Biopsy is taken from the edge of the ulcer taking a portion of the surrounding tissue and examined histologically to find out the type of the tumor. X-Ray chest and bone: to exclude the tuberculosis. Contrast radiography: to exclude vascular involvement in ulcers Investigations
  • 56. Differential diagnosis: Traumatic ulcer Three reasons are there mechanical, physical and chemical. Mechanical : dental trauma of the tongue caused by jagged tooth. Physical: Burn and X-irradiation. Chemical trauma: cause by strong acid and base.
  • 57. Ischemic ulcer(arterial ulcer) Pain and intermittent claudication is the main complaint Site anterior and outer aspect of the leg such as dorsum of the foot and toe. Punched out edges, deep perforating ulcer reaching up to the bone and tendon. Floor contains minimal granulation tissue Signs of ischemia such as dry skin, pallor, loss of hairs and fissuring of the nail. Pulsation: either absent or feeble but not clearly defined. When present on the inner aspect of the lower leg, a venous ulcer should always be excluded. Venous ulcer is present above the medial malleolus. Arterial ulcer is present below the medial malleolus. Differential diagnosis:
  • 58. Venous ulcer: Age : mostly seen in older age. History of prolonged standing and walking often associated varicose vein. Main complaint is pain in initial stage only which later subsides. Site : above the medial malleolus Shape: vertical oval in shape Edges : sloping Floor: thick granulation tissue with slight oozing of serous discharge. Surroundings: Eczematous and pigmented. No signs of ischemia. Differential diagnosis
  • 59. Trophic ulcer/ neurogenic ulcer Trophic ulcers are caused by repeated trauma to the insensitive part of the body. Trophic and gummatous ulcers both have punched out edges but main differential point is that trophic ulcers occur on the part of the body which carry maximum body weight whereas gummatous ulcers occur on subcutaneous bones such as tibia, sternum and skull. History : H/o DM and neurological disorders. Complaints: Pain may not be present because of peripheral neuropathy. Differential diagnosis
  • 60. Complaint of loss of sensation is present. Site: heel and bail of the foot. EDGES: punched out and deep. Floor : tendon and bone may be exposed with foul smelling slough. Base : slightly indurated Surroundings : no sensation Differential diagnosis
  • 61. DIABETIC ULCERS: H/O DM present. Three main factors play important role in causation. Diabetic neuropathy, diabetic vasculopathy and glucose laden cells vulnerable to infection. Differential diagnosis
  • 62. Tuberculuos ulcers: Site : neck, axilla and groin. Edges : undermined edges Floor : contains pale granulation tissue Discharge: serosanguinous discharge Base : slightly indurated Tenderness : slightly tender Lymph nodes : enlarged, matted and slight tender. Caused by bursting of the caseus lymph nodes. Differential diagnosis
  • 63. Mountoux test, guinaepig inoculation test, X- ray chest are helpful to exclude tuberculosis. Differential diagnosis
  • 64. Lupus vulgaris: They are superficial not deep. Site: face, hand and fingers They start as superficial nodules which later on burst forming superficial and cutaneous ulcers. They remain active at periphery thus continue to destroy the surrounding skin but at centre they become healed. Due to their destructive nature, they are called lupus which means wolf. Differential diagnosis
  • 65. Syphilitic ulcers: Primary stage : Hard chancre are formed 3 to 4 weeks after infection. hard chancre are pathognomonic of the first stage. Site : External genitalia specially on coronal sulcus and frenum of the penis. Base : indurated and feels like a button. Regional lymph nodes : enlarged, hard, discrete, painless and movable. Differential diagnosis
  • 66. Secondary stage : Mucus patches: these are small, round, superficial and white pathes. Later they coalesce to form the snail track ulcer. They are found in the mucus membrane of the mouth. Chondyloma lata : these are small, round, raised and flat. They are found in mucocutaneous junction such as angle of the mouth, vulva and anal canal. Differential diagnosis
  • 67. Third stage: gummatous ulcers These are punched out edges with wash-leather slough at the floor. They are caused by obliterative endarteritis, fibrosis and necrosis. They are present on subcutaneous bones such as tibia, sternum and skull. In third stage lymph nodes are seldom affected because lymphatics are early closed by perivascular inflammatory reaction. Differential diagnosis
  • 68. Soft sore / chancroid / Ducrey’s ulcer IP – 3 to 4 days These are multiple, painful and acute ulcers whose edges are edematous and floor is filled with yellowish slough. Site – external genitalia Differential diagnosis
  • 69. Bazin’s ulcers/ erythema induratum They are found in fatty adolescent girls particularly on the calf muscles. They start as puplish nodules which later transform into ulceration.
  • 70. Martorell’s ulcer/ hypertensive ulcer This is a condition of old age and associated with atherosclerosis. It starts as a skin patch on legs in which necrosis occurs due to reduced blood supply leaving a punched out ulcer. This ulcer extends upto the deep fascia. The patients complains of severe pain.
  • 71. Yaws/ polypapilloma tropicum The causative organism is treponema pertenue which enters through an abrasion on the skin or abrasion caused by walking barefooted. This ulcer is painless and heals spontaneously within few weeks leaving a tissue paper like scar.