Spontaneous Regression of Merkel Cell Carcinoma of the Male Breast with Ongoing Immune Response

Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare cutaneous neuroendocrine tumor arising predominantly on sun-exposed skin among the elderly. The most common location is the head and neck, followed by the extremities. MCCs are highly aggressive tumors and rarely undergo spontaneous regression. We report a case...

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Autores principales: Nijjar, Yugmel, Bigras, Gilbert, Tai, Patricia, Joseph, Kurian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6336210/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30675444
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3589
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author Nijjar, Yugmel
Bigras, Gilbert
Tai, Patricia
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description Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare cutaneous neuroendocrine tumor arising predominantly on sun-exposed skin among the elderly. The most common location is the head and neck, followed by the extremities. MCCs are highly aggressive tumors and rarely undergo spontaneous regression. We report a case of MCC which presented as a painless breast lump in an elderly male where the tumor regressed spontaneously after a biopsy.
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spelling pubmed-63362102019-01-23 Spontaneous Regression of Merkel Cell Carcinoma of the Male Breast with Ongoing Immune Response Nijjar, Yugmel Bigras, Gilbert Tai, Patricia Joseph, Kurian Cureus Dermatology Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare cutaneous neuroendocrine tumor arising predominantly on sun-exposed skin among the elderly. The most common location is the head and neck, followed by the extremities. MCCs are highly aggressive tumors and rarely undergo spontaneous regression. We report a case of MCC which presented as a painless breast lump in an elderly male where the tumor regressed spontaneously after a biopsy. Cureus 2018-11-14 /pmc/articles/PMC6336210/ /pubmed/30675444 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3589 Text en Copyright © 2018, Nijjar et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Spontaneous Regression of Merkel Cell Carcinoma of the Male Breast with Ongoing Immune Response
title Spontaneous Regression of Merkel Cell Carcinoma of the Male Breast with Ongoing Immune Response
title_full Spontaneous Regression of Merkel Cell Carcinoma of the Male Breast with Ongoing Immune Response
title_fullStr Spontaneous Regression of Merkel Cell Carcinoma of the Male Breast with Ongoing Immune Response
title_full_unstemmed Spontaneous Regression of Merkel Cell Carcinoma of the Male Breast with Ongoing Immune Response
title_short Spontaneous Regression of Merkel Cell Carcinoma of the Male Breast with Ongoing Immune Response
title_sort spontaneous regression of merkel cell carcinoma of the male breast with ongoing immune response
topic Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6336210/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30675444
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3589
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