Metachronous Merkel Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report

Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) typically presents as an isolated cutaneous lesion with a measurable risk of regional lymph node involvement. Uncommonly, synchronous or metachronous lesions have been described to be attributed to a field effect. This case report describes a patient presenting with metac...

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Autores principales: Pollock, Jondavid, Caranosos, Thomas, Polack, E.P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2011
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Published: September 2011
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3219452/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22110433
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000333008
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description Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) typically presents as an isolated cutaneous lesion with a measurable risk of regional lymph node involvement. Uncommonly, synchronous or metachronous lesions have been described to be attributed to a field effect. This case report describes a patient presenting with metachronous lesions, separated by several years, which cannot be attributed to a field effect given the tumor distribution.
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spelling pubmed-32194522011-11-22 Metachronous Merkel Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report Pollock, Jondavid Caranosos, Thomas Polack, E.P. Case Rep Dermatol Published: September 2011 Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) typically presents as an isolated cutaneous lesion with a measurable risk of regional lymph node involvement. Uncommonly, synchronous or metachronous lesions have been described to be attributed to a field effect. This case report describes a patient presenting with metachronous lesions, separated by several years, which cannot be attributed to a field effect given the tumor distribution. S. Karger AG 2011-09-23 /pmc/articles/PMC3219452/ /pubmed/22110433 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000333008 Text en Copyright © 2011 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No-Derivative-Works License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Users may download, print and share this work on the Internet for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited, and a link to the original work on http://www.karger.com and the terms of this license are included in any shared versions.
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Metachronous Merkel Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report
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title_full Metachronous Merkel Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report
title_fullStr Metachronous Merkel Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Metachronous Merkel Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report
title_short Metachronous Merkel Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report
title_sort metachronous merkel cell carcinoma: a case report
topic Published: September 2011
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3219452/
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