Merkel cell carcinoma in a 17-year-old boy, report of a highly aggressive fatal case and review of the literature

Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare tumor frequently involving the skin with an aggressive behavior and fatal outcome. It occurs mostly in the caucasian race between 60–80 years of age and it is rare in children. Herein we report our experience with a highly aggressive fatal Merkel cell carcinoma in an...

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Autores principales: Marzban, Saeed, Geramizadeh, Bita, Farzaneh, Mohammad-Reza
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3208421/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22066041
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/rt.2011.e34
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author Marzban, Saeed
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description Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare tumor frequently involving the skin with an aggressive behavior and fatal outcome. It occurs mostly in the caucasian race between 60–80 years of age and it is rare in children. Herein we report our experience with a highly aggressive fatal Merkel cell carcinoma in an immunocompetent 17-year-old boy. Its characteristics and treatment modalities will be also discussed.
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spelling pubmed-32084212011-11-07 Merkel cell carcinoma in a 17-year-old boy, report of a highly aggressive fatal case and review of the literature Marzban, Saeed Geramizadeh, Bita Farzaneh, Mohammad-Reza Rare Tumors Case Report Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare tumor frequently involving the skin with an aggressive behavior and fatal outcome. It occurs mostly in the caucasian race between 60–80 years of age and it is rare in children. Herein we report our experience with a highly aggressive fatal Merkel cell carcinoma in an immunocompetent 17-year-old boy. Its characteristics and treatment modalities will be also discussed. PAGEPress Publications 2011-10-21 /pmc/articles/PMC3208421/ /pubmed/22066041 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/rt.2011.e34 Text en ©Copyright S. Marzban et al., 2011 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License (CC BY-NC 3.0). Licensee PAGEPress, Italy
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title_short Merkel cell carcinoma in a 17-year-old boy, report of a highly aggressive fatal case and review of the literature
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