ArticleJournal of surgical case reports2019
Merkel cell carcinoma: a case report and literature review.
Article in Journal of surgical case reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Rapidly Progressive Merkel Cell Carcinoma with Atypical Metastatic Pattern-A Case Report and Brief Literature Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Atypical presentation of Merkel cell carcinoma with pulmonary embolism.Oxford medical case reports · 2025Article
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- Merkel Cell Carcinoma Masquerading Clinically as a Cyst in a Young Patient.International medical case reports journal · 2024Article
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- Merkel cell carcinoma on the right calf in association with chronic lymphocytic leukemia: A case report.Clinical case reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is an aggressive cutaneous malignancy of neuroendocrine origin presenting as a painless, rapidly growing nodule. MCC often presents in elderly, fair-skinned individuals in sun-exposed areas. Diagnosis is often overlooked at time of presentation due to its rarity, but MCC is twice as deadly as malignant melanoma. There has been bigger interest in the disease due to increasing incidence and an association with the prevalent virus Merkel cell polyomavirus. This study describes an uncommon presentation of MCC as a right gluteal lesion in an Afro-Panamanian patient. The tumor was suspected to be fibrolipoma, but Immunohistochemistry revealed the diagnosis of MCC, as stains for CD56 and CK20 were positive. In addition to surgical excision, the patient was referred for adjuvant radiotherapy. This case report and literature review elucidates the clinical, histopathologic and management aspects of MCC, which will help in recognizing and treating these tumors.
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