Four new patients with trabecular (Merkel cell) carcinoma of the skin are described, and an additional 76 patients from the literature are reviewed. The mean age of the combined group of patients was 68; 84% were 60 years or older. Primary tumors appeared most frequently on the head and neck (44%),
Trabecular carcinoma of the skin simulating metastatic disease
β Scribed by Saul Suster; Meyer Ronnen; Eran Lin; Miriam Shewach-Millet
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 594 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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