Perforated gastric metastasis of Merkel cell carcinoma: Case report and review of the literature
Human Pathology: Case Reports, 2017 A 53 year-old Vietnamese male presented with a complaint of a left buttock mass which had grown to 8.0 cm during the past three years. A CT scan revealed the gluteal lesion and a large mass of the stomach.
Darshan Trivedi, MD, PhD +6 more
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Histology of non-melanoma skin cancers. An Update [PDF]
, 2017 Non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in humans. Several different non-melanoma skin cancers have been reported in the literature, with several histologic variants that frequently cause important differential diagnoses ...
Cantisani, Carmen +4 more
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Primary Merkel cell carcinoma of the salivary gland: a clinicopathologic study of four cases with a review of literature [PDF]
Journal of Pathology and Translational MedicineBackground Primary Merkel cell carcinoma of the salivary gland is currently not listed in the World Health Organization classification. However, cases of Merkel cell type neuroendocrine carcinomas of the salivary gland with perinuclear cytokeratin 20 ...
Gyuheon Choi +6 more
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Kidney metastasis in a case of Merkel cell carcinoma
Urology Case Reports, 2021 Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare neuroendocrine skin tumor with a poor prognosis. Metastasis is frequent and is seen in the first few years after diagnosis.
Abdessamade Motaouakil +5 more
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Immunotherapy in hepatocellular carcinoma: the complex interface between inflammation, fibrosis, and the immune response. [PDF]
, 2019 Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide and confers a poor prognosis. Beyond standard systemic therapy with multikinase inhibitors, recent studies demonstrate the potential for robust and durable responses ...
Fong, Lawrence +2 more
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2009 Introduction Merkel cell carcinoma and dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans are two very rare neoplasms. The simultaneous occurrence of two different tumour entities at the same anatomical site, collision tumours, is a rare phenomenon.
Tilkorn Daniel-Johannes +6 more
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T-helper Cell-Mediated Proliferation and Cytokine Responses against Recombinant Merkel Cell Polyomavirus-Like Particles [PDF]
, 2011 The newly discovered Merkel Cell Polyomavirus (MCPyV) resides in approximately 80% of Merkel cell carcinomas (MCC). Causal role of MCPyV for this rare and aggressive skin cancer is suggested by monoclonal integration and truncation of large T (LT) viral ...
Chen, Tingting +6 more
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Merkel Cell Carcinoma with a Suppressor of Fused (SUFU) Mutation: Case Report and Potential Therapeutic Implications [PDF]
, 2015 The Author(s) 2015. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Introduction: Merkel cell carcinoma is a neuroendocrine malignancy.
Philip R. Cohen, Razelle Kurzrock
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Merkel cell carcinoma with axillary metastasis; a case report of a rare disease
Journal of Oncological Sciences, 2018 Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare primer neuroendocrine carcinoma of the skin. It is an extremely aggressive tumor. This rare carcinoma is seen with high local and regional recurrence ratios and distant metastasis.
Serdar Culcu, Aydan Eroglu, Aylin Heper
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Clinical applications of squamous cell carcinoma antigen-immunoglobulins M to monitor chronic hepatitis C [PDF]
, 2015 Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the main cause of chronic liver disease and cirrhosis in Western countries. Over time, the majority of cirrhotic patients develop hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), one of the most common fatal cancers worldwide - fourth for ...
Fassina, Giorgio +3 more
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