Fungating tumours are also known as ulcerating cancers, fungating wounds, malignant wounds or ulcerating cancer wounds. A fungating tumour is when a tumour that is growing under the skin breaks ...

Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT MacMillan explains: “An ulcerating cancer wound is when cancer that is growing under the skin breaks through the skin and creates a wound." These wounds ...

But it’s not always a sign of advanced cancer. If you have an ulcerating wound, talk with a healthcare provider to get a clear diagnosis. Fungating tumors are relatively rare. Out of the 1 ...

resulting in either a raised fungating nodular wound or an ulcerating crater. They are difficult to manage, which can be distressing for both the patient and the nurse. Malignant fungating wounds ...

A 60-year-old man with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus and associated neuropathy presents to his family doctor with a wound on the plantar aspect of his left foot. He has no history of foot ...

In diabetics, this could result in less likelihood of the healed wound re-ulcerating sometime down the road, which is currently a common problem.

Fungating tumours are also sometimes called fungating wounds or ulcerating cancers. They start when a tumour growing under the skin breaks through the skin's surface. Fungating tumours can be ...