Giant merkel cell carcinoma of the lower limb: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 351-355

  Marchesi, Andrea ^a,b,c   Parodi, Pier Camillo ^a,b,c   Brioschi, Marco ^a,b,c   Sileo, Giorgio ^a,b,c   Marchesi, Matteo ^a,b,c   Vaienti, Luca ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d Piazza Edmondo Malan ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GIANT MERKEL CELL CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PALPATION; PAPULE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; THIGH; TUMOR BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; PATHOLOGY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; THIGH;

EID: 84885731156     PISSN: 12034754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7750.2013.12121     Document Type: Article

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