Merkel cell carcinoma in the orbitopalpebral region

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-52

  Onesti, Maria Giuseppina ^a   Mazzocchi, Marco ^a,b   Scuderi, Nicolò ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Merkel cell carcinoma; Orbito palpebral region; Sentinel node biopsy; Trabecular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; EYELID CANCER; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; METASTASIS; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; ORBIT CANCER; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN DEFECT; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SYMPTOM; TRABECULAR CARCINOMA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 14644425944     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310410016097     Document Type: Article

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