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Merkel cell carcinoma in a renal transplant patient
N Silvestris1, F D'Elia, G Tarantino
1Division of Internal Medicine, Hospital of Bisceglie, Bari, Italy. rajsi@tin.it
Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research : CR
|January 6, 2001
Abstract:
Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is an aggressive neuroendocrine skin cancer which seems to be common in transplant recipients. We describe the case of a renal transplant patient who developed a MCC on the right glutaeus eight years after transplantation.