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Published on: January 22, 2018
Multiple gastrointestinal metastases of Merkel cell carcinoma
Eligijus Poškus1, Gediminas Platkevičius2, Vilma Simanskaitė3
1Centre of Abdominal Surgery, Clinic of Gastroenterology, Nephrourology and Surgery, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Abstract:
Merkel cell carcinoma is an aggressive skin malignancy. Primary Merkel cell carcinomas are treated by wide radical excision with or without adjuvant radiotherapy, while benefits of adjuvant chemotherapy remain doubtful. There are only several cases of gastrointestinal metastases of Merkel cell carcinoma reported so far. We report a case of recurrent Merkel cell carcinoma with metastases to the stomach and the small intestines after wide excision of primary Merkel cell carcinoma.

