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Neurologic complications of Merkel cell carcinoma
S M Snodgrass1, H Landy, A M Markoe
1Department of Neurology, University Hospitals of Cleveland/Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Ohio, USA.
Journal of Neuro-Oncology
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
We describe a 61-year-old man with a multiple neurologic complication of Merkel cell carcinoma, a rare skin cancer. An enhancing brain mass, and cytologically proven leptomeningeal disease produced a succession of symptoms including seizures, bilateral radiculopathies, myoclonus, a cauda equina syndrome and altered mental status. Aggressive treatment prolonged his survival marginally.