Merkel Cell Carcinoma of Skin - A Very Rare Case
Autor: | Nanda Patil, Avinash Mane, Vaidehi Nagar, Shivangi Mittal |
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Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Zdroj: | Scholars Journal of Medical Case Reports. 10:122-124 |
ISSN: | 2347-6559 2347-9507 |
Popis: | Merkel cell carcinoma is an uncommon primary neuroendocrine carcinoma of skin which affects elderly and immunosuppressed patients. The confirmatory diagnosis require histopathological examination as the clinical features are non - specific. Differentiation from metastatic neuroendocrine carcinoma requires clinicopathological correlation plays important role in differentiation. We present a rare case of merkel cell carcinoma. In a 68 year male patient who presented with exophytic growth arising from umbilicus with metastasis in inguinal lymph node. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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