Transcription of Malignant / Fungating Wounds - Wound Care Nurses
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Malignant / Fungating Wounds - Wound Care Nurses
Malignant / FungatingWoundsA Clinical PerspectiveF. Alex Khan, APRN ACNS-BC MSN2018 Email: Wounds are caused by the metastatic spread from a Malignant tumor. Cancerous cells cause massive damage to the localized tissue, through a combination of proliferative growth, ischemia and ulceration. These Wounds are non-healable due to co-existing untreatable medical life limiting WoundsMalignant WoundsMALIGNANT / Fungating WOUNDS2018 Malignant WoundsMalignant WoundsMALIGNANT / Fungating WOUNDSP rimary skin cancer such as a squamous or basal cell carcinoma and Malignant melanoma can develop into a Malignant fungatingwound if left untreated. The most common Malignant / fungatingwound sites include breast 62%, head and face 24% and groin and genitals 3%.2018 StatisticsMalignant WoundsMALIGNANT / Fungating WOUNDSM alignant Wounds are usually polymicrobic, containing both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria causing foul odor and purulent drainage from the tissue necrosis.
root cause of wounds, pain and wound healing, and local wound care. Wound Care Canada, vol. 10, number 10, pp18-22 • Woo, K. & Sibbald, G. (2010). Local Wound Care for Malignant and Palliative Wounds. ADV SKIN WOUND CARE 2010;23:417-28; quiz 429-30 • www.woundcarenurses.org
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