An Unusual Clinical Presentation of Merkel Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report

Introduction. Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare, aggressive neuroendocrine cell carcinoma arising in the sun-exposed skin of elderly patients. Most of these tumors are located in the dermis. An unusual clinical presentation of such a tumor in the subcutis, if not biopsied, may be easily mistaken as a...

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Main Authors: Deba P. Sarma, Dawn E. Heagley, Julianne Chalupa, Meredith Cox, James M. Shehan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2010-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/905414
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