Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia (Jul 2019)

Merkel cell carcinoma with kidney metastasis in a 81-year-old man. A rare case report

  • Aikaterini Anastasiou,
  • Napoleon Moulavasilis,
  • Ioannis Leotsakos,
  • Christos E. Nerantzis,
  • Ioannis Anastasiou

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2019.2.133
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 91, no. 2

Abstract

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Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a primary neuroendocrine carcinoma of the skin. The prognosis of the disease is considered poor. Secondary metastasis is common, however a secondary metastasis to kidney from Merkel cell is a very rare phenomenon. We report a case of a man with a MCC metastasis to the right kidney. The suggested management is surgery and afterwards a platinum-based chemotherapy.

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