## 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
Spontaneous regression of recurrent and metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma
β Scribed by Hidemichi KUBO; Shigeto MATSUSHITA; Tomoko FUKUSHIGE; Tamotsu KANZAKI; Takuro KANEKURA
- Book ID
- 108576346
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 219 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0385-2407
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