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Metachronous merkel cell carcinoma: a case report
Jondavid Pollock1, Thomas Caranosos, E P Polack
1The Schiffler Cancer Center, Wheeling Hospital, Wheeling, W. Va.
Case Reports in Dermatology
|November 24, 2011
Abstract:
Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) typically presents as an isolated cutaneous lesion with a measurable risk of regional lymph node involvement. Uncommonly, synchronous or metachronous lesions have been described to be attributed to a field effect. This case report describes a patient presenting with metachronous lesions, separated by several years, which cannot be attributed to a field effect given the tumor distribution.