Merkel-cell carcinoma of the upper limb

Merkel-cell carcinoma is a rare form of aggressive cutaneous cancer that is associated with a poor prognosis. Despite significant advances, its pathogenesis is still poorly understood, and treatment remains controversial. Timely diagnosis and early management is essential in improving survival rate....

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Autores principales: M. Rojoa, Djamila, Katsogridakis, Emmanuel, Madan, Manmohan, Rao, Madhu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6101496/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30151102
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjy190
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author M. Rojoa, Djamila
Katsogridakis, Emmanuel
Madan, Manmohan
Rao, Madhu
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description Merkel-cell carcinoma is a rare form of aggressive cutaneous cancer that is associated with a poor prognosis. Despite significant advances, its pathogenesis is still poorly understood, and treatment remains controversial. Timely diagnosis and early management is essential in improving survival rate. We present a case of a 63-year-old patient with a rapidly growing upper limb Merkel-cell carcinoma. It was treated with wide-local excision and adjuvant radiotherapy.
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spelling pubmed-61014962018-08-27 Merkel-cell carcinoma of the upper limb M. Rojoa, Djamila Katsogridakis, Emmanuel Madan, Manmohan Rao, Madhu J Surg Case Rep Case Report Merkel-cell carcinoma is a rare form of aggressive cutaneous cancer that is associated with a poor prognosis. Despite significant advances, its pathogenesis is still poorly understood, and treatment remains controversial. Timely diagnosis and early management is essential in improving survival rate. We present a case of a 63-year-old patient with a rapidly growing upper limb Merkel-cell carcinoma. It was treated with wide-local excision and adjuvant radiotherapy. Oxford University Press 2018-08-14 /pmc/articles/PMC6101496/ /pubmed/30151102 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjy190 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2018. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
spellingShingle Case Report
M. Rojoa, Djamila
Katsogridakis, Emmanuel
Madan, Manmohan
Rao, Madhu
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title_fullStr Merkel-cell carcinoma of the upper limb
title_full_unstemmed Merkel-cell carcinoma of the upper limb
title_short Merkel-cell carcinoma of the upper limb
title_sort merkel-cell carcinoma of the upper limb
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6101496/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30151102
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjy190
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