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KMID : 0374019940170020149
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Ewha Medical Journal
1994 Volume.17 No. 2 p.149 ~ p.154
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A Case of Merkel Cell Carcinoma
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이민재
임연순/조소연/강형철/함정희
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Abstract
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Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare aggressive tumor of uncertain origin. The tumor occurres most commonly in the head and neck region of the eldery.
The patient was a 62-year-old female with a reddish nonulcerative movable hard nodule on her left temple area for 2 months. Histopathologically, the tumor cells with large vesicular nuclei and scanty cytoplasm were arranged in trabecular and
cord-like
pattern in the dermis. The majority of the tumor cells were positive for neuron specific enolase, chromogranin and neurofilament.
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