Multiple gastrointestinal metastases of Merkel cell carcinoma

Eligijus Poškus; Gediminas Platkevičius; Vilma Simanskaitė; Ernesta Rimkevičiūtė; Marius Petrulionis; Kestutis Strupas

doi:10.1016/j.medici.2016.09.001

Medicina (Jan 2016)

Multiple gastrointestinal metastases of Merkel cell carcinoma

Eligijus Poškus,
Gediminas Platkevičius,
Vilma Simanskaitė,
Ernesta Rimkevičiūtė,
Marius Petrulionis,
Kestutis Strupas

Affiliations

Eligijus Poškus: Centre of Abdominal Surgery, Clinic of Gastroenterology, Nephrourology and Surgery, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
Gediminas Platkevičius: Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
Vilma Simanskaitė: National Center of Pathology, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
Ernesta Rimkevičiūtė: Centre of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
Marius Petrulionis: Centre of Abdominal Surgery, Clinic of Gastroenterology, Nephrourology and Surgery, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
Kestutis Strupas: Centre of Abdominal Surgery, Clinic of Gastroenterology, Nephrourology and Surgery, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2016.09.001
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 52, no. 5
pp. 321 – 324

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Merkel cell carcinoma is an aggressive skin malignancy. Primary Merkel cell carcinomas are treated by wide radical excision with or without adjuvant radiotherapy, while benefits of adjuvant chemotherapy remain doubtful. There are only several cases of gastrointestinal metastases of Merkel cell carcinoma reported so far. We report a case of recurrent Merkel cell carcinoma with metastases to the stomach and the small intestines after wide excision of primary Merkel cell carcinoma.

Published in Medicina

ISSN: 1010-660X (Print); 1648-9144 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/medicina

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