The patient reported no congenital lymphedema. Physical examination revealed two deep skin ulcers (Figure 1) on the right leg measuring 10 cm in diameter with raised irregular inflammatory borders ...

Healing of chronic venous leg ulcers among older adults may be affected by wound-related factors, symptoms, and systemic inflammation.

it may cause an eczematous reaction on damaged skin. [12] Like the leg ulcer patients in the aforementioned study, our patient had a positive reaction to petrolatum only on damaged skin.