Spontaneous regression of advanced merkel-cell-like small cell carcinoma of the parotid gland

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 199-200

  Mulder, D C ^a   Rosenberg, A J W P ^a   Storm Bogaard, P W ^a   Koole, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Merkel cell like small cell carcinoma; Salivary gland; Small cell carcinoma; Spontaneous regression

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN; CYTOKERATIN 20; CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3;

ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHROMATIN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOPLASM; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MERKEL CELL; MERKEL CELL LIKE SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; MITOSIS RATE; NECK DISSECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAROTID GLAND; PAROTIDECTOMY; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; FATAL OUTCOME; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77649183120     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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