A case of Merkel cell carcinoma of the head and neck

Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a relatively rare and aggressive cutaneous neuroendocrine malignancy. It is characterized by high rates of recurrence and metastasis, both to regional lymph nodes and to distant locations. Its characteristic clinical manifestation is a single, painless, hard, erythemat...

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Autores principales: Suk, Sangwoo, Shin, Hyun Woo, Yoon, Kun Chul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6949494/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31914497
http://dx.doi.org/10.7181/acfs.2019.00542
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description Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a relatively rare and aggressive cutaneous neuroendocrine malignancy. It is characterized by high rates of recurrence and metastasis, both to regional lymph nodes and to distant locations. Its characteristic clinical manifestation is a single, painless, hard, erythematous nodule on a sun-exposed area, particularly in older men. Surgical management of both the primary site and the sentinel lymph node is the standard of care. In this article, we describe the diagnosis and treatment of a case of MCC in the left cheek.
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spelling pubmed-69494942020-01-16 A case of Merkel cell carcinoma of the head and neck Suk, Sangwoo Shin, Hyun Woo Yoon, Kun Chul Arch Craniofac Surg Case Report Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a relatively rare and aggressive cutaneous neuroendocrine malignancy. It is characterized by high rates of recurrence and metastasis, both to regional lymph nodes and to distant locations. Its characteristic clinical manifestation is a single, painless, hard, erythematous nodule on a sun-exposed area, particularly in older men. Surgical management of both the primary site and the sentinel lymph node is the standard of care. In this article, we describe the diagnosis and treatment of a case of MCC in the left cheek. Korean Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association 2019-12 2019-12-20 /pmc/articles/PMC6949494/ /pubmed/31914497 http://dx.doi.org/10.7181/acfs.2019.00542 Text en Copyright © 2019 The Korean Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association 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 unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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