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Lee, Lim, Cho, Kang, and Hahm: A Case of Merkel Cell Carcinoma
Case Report

The Ewha Medical Journal 1994; 17(2): 149-153.

Published online: 24 July 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12771/emj.1994.17.2.149

A Case of Merkel Cell Carcinoma

Min Jae Lee, Yoen Soon Lim, So Yun Cho, Hyung Chul Kang, Jeong Hee Hahm

Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Korea.

Copyright © 1994. Ewha Womans University School of Medicine

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Abstract

Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare aggressive tumor of uncertain origin. The tumor occurres most commonly in the head and neck region of the eldery.
The patient was a 62-year-old female with a reddish nonulcerative movable hard nodule on her left temple area for 2 months. Histopathologically, the tumor cells with large vesicular nuclei and scanty cytoplasm were arranged in trabecular and cord-like pattern in the dermis. The majority of the tumor cells were positive for neuron specific enolase, chromogranin and neurofilament.

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