Merkel cell tumour of the external ear. Report of a case

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 229-232

  Palma, Silvia ^a   Cavazzini, Luigi ^a   Bovo, Roberto ^a   Padovani, Davide ^a   Bugli, Anna Maria ^a   Borrelli, Massimo ^b   Martini, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b S ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ear canal; Lymphoma; Merkel cell tumour

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; MITOXANTRONE; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUDITORY CANAL; CACHEXIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EAR CANCER; EXTERNAL EAR; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TUMOR BIOPSY;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; EAR NEOPLASMS; EAR, EXTERNAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; KERATINS; LYMPHOMA, FOLLICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; PAROTID GLAND; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 34247092972     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2006.07.011     Document Type: Article

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