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Metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma to the eye
P A Purgason1, A Hornblass, W Harrison
1Department of Ophthalmology, Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital, New York, NY 10021.
Ophthalmology
|September 1, 1991
Abstract:
Merkel cell carcinoma is an infrequent but highly aggressive cutaneous neoplasm. Previous reports of ocular involvement have included primary eyelid carcinomas, eyelid and orbital metastases, and a clinically diagnosed choroidal metastasis. The authors report the histopathologic documentation of a metastatic lesion to the ciliary body, confirming the intraocular metastatic potential of this tumor.