Primary merkel cell carcinoma clinically presenting as deep oedematous mass of the groin

European Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 274-276

  Gambichler, Thilo ^a   Kobus, S ^a   Kreuter, A ^a   Wieland, U ^b   Stucker M ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 20; ETOPOSIDE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EDEMA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; INGUINAL REGION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PRIMARY TUMOR; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; ABDOMINAL MASS; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CELL AGGREGATION; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME INDUCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN METASTASIS; TOMOGRAPHY; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VULVA;

EID: 77954418870     PISSN: 09492321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2047-783x-15-6-274     Document Type: Article

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