Merkel Cell Carcinoma || Case Study C: Complete Spontaneous Regression of Merkel Cell Carcinoma Metastatic to the Liver
β Scribed by Alam, Murad; Bordeaux, Jeremy S.; Yu, Siegrid S.
- Book ID
- 120297671
- Publisher
- Springer New York
- Year
- 2013
- Weight
- 136 KB
- Category
- Article
- ISBN
- 1461466083
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We report a 65-year-old man who presented with a Merkel cell carcinoma on his right ear, a small satellite nodule and regional lymph node metastases. No treatment was given because of his generally poor state of health. Spontaneous regression of all the lesions was observed within a month. Merkel ce
## Abstract ## __Background.__ Merkel Cell Carcinoma (MCC) is a rare neurendocrine tumor of cutaneous origin. ## __Methods and Results.__ A 79βyearβold woman was seen with a neck lump and a lesion in the left nasal vestibule. Biopsy of the lesion revealed a primary neurendocrine MCC of the skin