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Spontaneous regression of metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma
S J Hassan1, M Knox, M Griffin
1HOPE Directorate, St James Hospital, James's St, Dublin 8.
Irish Medical Journal
|March 13, 2010
Abstract:
Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare aggressive neuroendocrine carcinoma of the skin predominantly affecting elderly Caucasians. It has a high rate of local recurrence and regional lymph node metastases. It is associated with a poor prognosis. Complete spontaneous regression of Merkel cell carcinoma has been reported but is a poorly understood phenomenon. Here we present a case of complete spontaneous regression of metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma demonstrating a markedly different pattern of events from those previously published.
