Guarnaluse BR, Jiménez GJJ, Torriani MGP

Language: Spanish
References: 12
Page: 55-60
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ABSTRACT

Introduction: the Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare cutaneous malignant neoplasm with fast growing and a great metastatic capacity. The Merkel cell carcinoma may be presented in head, neck, arms and legs previously exposures to sun. Clinical and Histological can be differentiated from sudoriparous gland, small cell carcinoma, melanoma and in general other cutaneous diseases.
Objective: to describe a Merkel cell carcinoma case and show it to the scientific community.
Case presentation: we present a female patient, white, 89 years old, with healthy antecedents coming to our outpatient consult due to neoplastic lesion in the right nasal wing of 2.5 Cm diameter and three month evolution. It was decided to perform a previously biopsy because the lesion observed characteristics with post surgery satisfactory evolution.
Conclusions: the Merkel cell carcinoma is an aggressive and low frequently disease, The histopathology and immune- histochemical study confirmed the presumptive diagnosis.

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