Small-cell carcinoma of the lung presenting as a cutaneous metastasis of the lip mimicking a Merkel cell carcinoma

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 170-172

  De Argila, D ^a   Bureo, J C ^a   Marquez F L ^a   Pimentel, J J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTA CRISTINA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIP DISEASE; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LIP NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033003407     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2230.1999.00445.x     Document Type: Article

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