Merkel cell carcinoma

Susan Marks; D. Randall Radin; Parakrama Chandrasoma

doi:10.1016/0149-936X(87)90099-3

Research Article| Volume 11, ISSUE 3, P291-293, July 1987

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Merkel cell carcinoma

Susan Marks, MD
Susan Marks
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Departments of Radiology and Surgical Pathology, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
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D. Randall Radin, MD
D. Randall Radin
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Address reprint requests to: D. Randall Radin, MD, Department of Radiology, Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, 1200 North State Street, Los Angeles, California 90033.
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Departments of Radiology and Surgical Pathology, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
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Parakrama Chandrasoma, MD
Parakrama Chandrasoma
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Departments of Radiology and Surgical Pathology, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0149-936X(87)90099-3

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Abstract

Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare malignant neoplasm of the skin which is locally invasive and frequently metastasizes to lymph nodes, liver, lungs, bone, and brain. Computed tomographic and pathologic findings in an elderly woman with Merkel cell carcinoma of the buttock and regional nodal metastasis are reported. The presence of calcitonin and neuron-specific enolase within the tumor supports the theory that Merkel cell carcinoma is a neuroendocrine tumor derived from the APUD (amine precursor uptake and decarboxylase) system.

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