Neuroendocrine (Merkel cell) carcinoma of the retroperitoneum with no identifiable primary site

BACKGROUND: Neuroendocrine carcinoma is an aggressive neoplasm that mainly affects elderly Caucasians and typically arises in sun-exposed areas of the skin. The disease is rather rare and only a relatively few cases present with no apparent primary lesion. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of an 8...

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Autores principales: Boghossian, Van, Owen, Ira D, Nuli, Balakrishna, Xiao, Philip Q
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2117014/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17949500
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-5-117

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2117014/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17949500
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-5-117

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