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Controversies: Merkel cell carcinoma of the ear

✍ Scribed by Dr. Ernest A. Weymuller Jr.; Dr. Michael Marks; Dr. Drew Ridge

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1991
Tongue: English
Weight: 920 KB
Volume: 13
Category: Article
ISSN: 1043-3074
DOI: 10.1002/hed.2880130111

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✦ Synopsis

A 77-year-old man complains of a rapidly enlarging mass of the left auricle that he first noticed six weeks earlier. Except for some recent oozing from the mass, he denies any other symptoms. In particular, he denies pain or episodes of facial paresis.

Examination reveals an exophytic tumor that is confined to the auricle with extension to the junction of the lobule and infra-auricular skin. In addition, a 2 cm mass can be palpated between the mastoid tip and the angle of the mandible. There is no skin fixation, and facial nerve function is normal.

1. What is your differential diagnosis of

this tumor? Do any findings in this case make you think beyond the obvious? Dr. Weymuller: In light of the time course, Readers are invited to submit particularly difficult cases for consideration to

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