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- Title
Giant Merkel cell carcinoma of the eyelid: a case report and review of the literature.
- Authors
Luxia Chen; Limin Zhu; Jianguo Wu; Tingting Lin; Baocun Sun; Yanjin He
- Abstract
Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare cutaneous tumor and cases located in the eyelid have been described, but still its rarity may lead to difficulty in diagnosis and delay in treatment. A 51-year-old female patient that presented with large lesions in the eyelid underwent surgery after the diagnosis of acute chalazion. Following respiratory distress secondary to pulmonary metastasis, the patient's condition deteriorated and was not fit for complete excision treatment. Histopathological investigation of the biopsies, taken from the tumor, revealed that it was undifferentiated small cell carcinoma. Our aim with this paper is to point out that more cases should be reported for more effective diagnosis, histopathological study, clinical investigation, treatment and prognosis of this specific neoplasm.
- Subjects
NEUROENDOCRINE tumors; EYELIDS; EPITHELIAL cells; CANCER patients; CANCER invasiveness; CLINICAL pathology; HISTOPATHOLOGY; CANCER
- Publication
World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2011, Vol 9, Issue 1, p58
- ISSN
1477-7819
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/1477-7819-9-58