Merkel Cell Carcinoma of the Left Cheek With Testicular Metastasis: An Uncommon Occurrence

Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is an infrequent and aggressive neuroendocrine tumor of the skin. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) is an effective imaging technique with good diagnostic accuracy that may be used to help stage MCC and for detecting...

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Autores principales: Suthar, Pokhraj P, Marathu, Kranthi K, Singh, Jagadeesh S, Kounsal, Avin, Saini, Divya, Chhetri, Lavanya, Prasad, Rameshwar, Hussein, Mohamed Z, Scaria, Gladson
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Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10439678/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37602032
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42188
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author Suthar, Pokhraj P
Marathu, Kranthi K
Singh, Jagadeesh S
Kounsal, Avin
Saini, Divya
Chhetri, Lavanya
Prasad, Rameshwar
Hussein, Mohamed Z
Scaria, Gladson
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Marathu, Kranthi K
Singh, Jagadeesh S
Kounsal, Avin
Saini, Divya
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Prasad, Rameshwar
Hussein, Mohamed Z
Scaria, Gladson
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description Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is an infrequent and aggressive neuroendocrine tumor of the skin. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) is an effective imaging technique with good diagnostic accuracy that may be used to help stage MCC and for detecting unexpected recurrences and distant metastatic disease. Other causes of testicular neoplasms, such as primary testicular tumors, lymphomas, or anaplastic small cell melanomas, are difficult to differentiate from MCC testicular metastases on imaging, and tumor markers and histopathology will help confirm it. The current case is a 65-year-old non-immunocompromised male with Merkel cell carcinoma who was incidentally identified with testicular metastases on PET/CT and confirmed on histopathology.
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spelling pubmed-104396782023-08-20 Merkel Cell Carcinoma of the Left Cheek With Testicular Metastasis: An Uncommon Occurrence Suthar, Pokhraj P Marathu, Kranthi K Singh, Jagadeesh S Kounsal, Avin Saini, Divya Chhetri, Lavanya Prasad, Rameshwar Hussein, Mohamed Z Scaria, Gladson Cureus Dermatology Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is an infrequent and aggressive neuroendocrine tumor of the skin. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) is an effective imaging technique with good diagnostic accuracy that may be used to help stage MCC and for detecting unexpected recurrences and distant metastatic disease. Other causes of testicular neoplasms, such as primary testicular tumors, lymphomas, or anaplastic small cell melanomas, are difficult to differentiate from MCC testicular metastases on imaging, and tumor markers and histopathology will help confirm it. The current case is a 65-year-old non-immunocompromised male with Merkel cell carcinoma who was incidentally identified with testicular metastases on PET/CT and confirmed on histopathology. Cureus 2023-07-20 /pmc/articles/PMC10439678/ /pubmed/37602032 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42188 Text en Copyright © 2023, Suthar et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Dermatology
Suthar, Pokhraj P
Marathu, Kranthi K
Singh, Jagadeesh S
Kounsal, Avin
Saini, Divya
Chhetri, Lavanya
Prasad, Rameshwar
Hussein, Mohamed Z
Scaria, Gladson
Merkel Cell Carcinoma of the Left Cheek With Testicular Metastasis: An Uncommon Occurrence
title Merkel Cell Carcinoma of the Left Cheek With Testicular Metastasis: An Uncommon Occurrence
title_full Merkel Cell Carcinoma of the Left Cheek With Testicular Metastasis: An Uncommon Occurrence
title_fullStr Merkel Cell Carcinoma of the Left Cheek With Testicular Metastasis: An Uncommon Occurrence
title_full_unstemmed Merkel Cell Carcinoma of the Left Cheek With Testicular Metastasis: An Uncommon Occurrence
title_short Merkel Cell Carcinoma of the Left Cheek With Testicular Metastasis: An Uncommon Occurrence
title_sort merkel cell carcinoma of the left cheek with testicular metastasis: an uncommon occurrence
topic Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10439678/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37602032
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42188
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