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Jenny Vu, MD; Scott Bangert, MD; Adelaide A. Hebert, MD

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Survivors of polio epidemics from the 1940s and 1950s make up a significant proportion of the US patient population. In addition to morbidity secondary to paralytic polio and postpolio syndrome, an association with malignant neoplasm has been proposed.¹ We present a case of skin cancers arising in a patient with polio to further strengthen this possible association.

Report of a Case

A 54-year-old white woman with paralytic polio since age 2 years was referred to our department with a 2-year-old wound on her right anterior shin. A 2.5 x 3.5-cm ulcer surrounded by thin and friable skin was noted (Figure 1). Owing to the nonhealing nature of the ulcer, a 4-mm punch biopsy was performed, the findings of which showed sclerosing basal cell carcinoma (Figure 2). The patient subsequently had an amputation of the right lower extremity after discussion of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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