Concomitant chronic lymphocytic leukemia and Merkel cell carcinoma

Darko Antic; Jelena Jelicic; Vojin Vukovic; Gordana Pupic; Zorka Milovanovic; Biljana Mihaljevic

doi:10.1016/j.dsi.2014.12.004

Dermatologica Sinica (Sep 2015)

Concomitant chronic lymphocytic leukemia and Merkel cell carcinoma

Darko Antic,
Jelena Jelicic,
Vojin Vukovic,
Gordana Pupic,
Zorka Milovanovic,
Biljana Mihaljevic

Affiliations

Darko Antic: Clinic for Hematology, Clinical Center Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Jelena Jelicic: Clinic for Hematology, Clinical Center Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Vojin Vukovic: Clinic for Hematology, Clinical Center Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Gordana Pupic: Department of Pathology, Institute of Oncology and Radiology of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Zorka Milovanovic: Department of Pathology, Institute of Oncology and Radiology of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Biljana Mihaljevic: Clinic for Hematology, Clinical Center Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsi.2014.12.004
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 33, no. 3
pp. 166 – 169

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We present the case of a 69-year-old Caucasian man with a 5-year history of untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia who presented with Merkel cell carcinoma on the right gluteal region. Six months after surgical treatment of Merkel cell carcinoma, we detected massive lymphadenopathy in the right retroperitoneum descending to the inguinum. A lymph node biopsy confirmed Merkel cell carcinoma relapse, and the patient was unsuccessfully treated with radiotherapy. As patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia have a risk for developing a secondary malignancy, skin lesions need to be carefully examined and new lymphadenopathy must be pathohistologically evaluated.

Published in Dermatologica Sinica

ISSN: 1027-8117 (Print); 2223-330X (Online)
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
Country of publisher: India
LCC subjects: Medicine: Dermatology
Website: https://journals.lww.com/ders/Pages/default.aspx

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