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Submerged goiter proven to be metastatic infiltration of a neuro-endocrine Merkel cell carcinoma

BACKGROUND: Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is an uncommon neuroendocrine cutaneous carcinoma. Metastases to the thyroid gland are rare and may present diagnostic difficulties. CASE PRESENTATION: A 73-year-old woman presented with a hard mass in the adipose tissue of the right inguinal area. This mass w...

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Autores principales: Tsoukalas, Nikolaos, Zoulamoglou, Menelaos, Tolia, Maria, Bournakis, Evangelos, Ronne, Elin, Barbounis, Vasileios
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3922991/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24555167
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-3-46

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