Leg ulcers are rare in Tunisian women
El Fékih, N.; Chtourou, O.; Fazaa, B.; Zouari, B.; Kamoun, M.R.
Medecine Tropicale Revue du Corps de Sante Colonial 70(2): 199-200
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-682X PMID: 20486363 Document Number: 646281
Numerous reports from Tunisia and Morocco have underlined the low frequency of leg ulcers in women from the Maghreb region in comparison with European women. This retrospective study describes patients hospitalized for leg ulcers in the Dermatology Department of Charles Nicolle Hospital in Tunis between January 1995 and December 2005. A total of 134 patients including 107 men and 27 women (M/F sex-ratio: 3.96) were hospitalized for leg ulcers. Venous leg ulcer was the most common accounting for 54.5% of cases overall, 57% of cases in men and 33.3% of cases in women (p = 0.028).