Merkel cell carcinoma. Three case reports;Carcinoma a cellule di Merkel. Osservazione di tre casi clinici

Minerva Chirurgica

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 179-183

  Del Rio, P ^a   Borgia, G L ^a   Lampugnani, R ^a  

^a NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carcinoma, Merkel cell; Neuroendocrine tumors radionuclide imaging; Octreotide therapeutic use

Indexed keywords

OCTREOTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; BUTTOCKS; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032904648     PISSN: 00264733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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