Giant Merkel cell carcinoma of the eyelid: A case report and review of the literature

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Chen, Luxia ^a   Zhu, Limin ^a   Wu, Jianguo ^a   Lin, Tingting ^a   Sun, Baocun ^a   He, Yanjin ^a  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

histopatholog; Merkel cell carcinomaeyelid tumordiagnosis

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 20; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHALAZION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EYE INJURY; EYELID TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EYELID; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SKIN TUMOR;

CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CHALAZION; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79956275986     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-9-58     Document Type: Article

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