Right leg swelling as primary presentation of metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma

Minerva Medica

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 341-345

  Noto, R ^a   Giaquinta, A ^a   Alessandria, I ^a   Soma, P ^b   Latteri, S ^b   Grasso, G ^b   Fraggetta, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b CANNIZZARO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carcinoma, Merkel cell; Lymphatic metastasis; Lymphedema

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LEG SWELLING; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; MORPHOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; RARE DISEASE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AGED; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHEDEMA; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY;

EID: 46449123747     PISSN: 00264806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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