Leukaemic dissemination of Merkel cell carcinoma in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 270-272

  Nemoto, I ^a,c   Sato Matsumura, K C ^a   Fujita, Y ^a   Natsuga, K ^b   Ujiie, H ^b   Tomita, Y ^b   Kato, N ^b   Kondo, M ^a   Ohnishi, K ^a  

^a Sapporo Social Insurance General Hospital   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 20; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW METASTASIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHEEK; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRRADIATION; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKEMIA; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; WHOLE BODY CT;

AGED; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; BONE MARROW NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 42249113677     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2007.02618.x     Document Type: Article

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