Merkel cell carcinoma of the breast: Report of a case and review of the literature

Ulster Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 137-138

  Cusick, Laurence ^a,b   Refsum, S E ^a  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST INJURY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; EDEMA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NEEDLE BIOPSY; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS;

EID: 11344254684     PISSN: 00416193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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