Carcinoma de células de Merkel - A propósito de um caso clínico

Authors

  • A. M. Moura Alves Serviço de Medicina Interna do Hospital de São Marcos, Braga
  • Guilherme Gomes Serviço de Medicina Interna do Hospital de São Marcos, Braga
  • Rosário Araújo Serviço de Medicina Interna do Hospital de São Marcos, Braga
  • Carmen Pereira Serviço de Medicina Interna do Hospital de São Marcos, Braga
  • A. Rodrigues Dias Serviço de Medicina Interna do Hospital de São Marcos, Braga

Keywords:

skin cancer, Markel Cell Carcinoma, metastasis of unknown primary carcinoma

Abstract

In the present work the authors make a presen­tantion of a clinical case relative to a woman of 80 years old, admitted in Internal Medicine Service grounds, by a question of lymph node metastasis of unknown primary carcinoma, that resulted in a diagnosis of 'Merkel Cell Carcinoma'. The case, taken on account its relative rarity, motivated a comprehensive review about the origin, pathoenesis, clinical behaviour and therapeutic solutions. 

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Published

1995-06-30

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Moura Alves AM, Gomes G, Araújo R, Pereira C, Rodrigues Dias A. Carcinoma de células de Merkel - A propósito de um caso clínico. RPMI [Internet]. 1995 Jun. 30 [cited 2024 May 21];2(2):113-6. Available from: https://revista.spmi.pt/index.php/rpmi/article/view/2381

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (1995): Abril/ Junho

Section

Case Reports

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