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Spontaneous regression of Merkel cell carcinoma of the nose
Author(s) -
Karkos Petros D.,
Sastry Anand,
Hampal Sucha,
AlJafari Mohammad
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
head and neck
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.012
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1097-0347
pISSN - 1043-3074
DOI - 10.1002/hed.21095
Subject(s) - nasal vestibule , medicine , merkel cell carcinoma , nose , lesion , cervical lymph nodes , head and neck , nasal cavity , carcinoma , pathology , surgery , metastasis , cancer
Background. Merkel Cell Carcinoma (MCC) is a rare neurendocrine tumor of cutaneous origin.Methods and Results. A 79‐year‐old woman was seen with a neck lump and a lesion in the left nasal vestibule. Biopsy of the lesion revealed a primary neurendocrine MCC of the skin of the nasal vestibule with metastases to the cervical lymph nodes. The patient decided against any further active treatment. Follow‐up of patient for 30 months showed spontaneous regression of the lesions without any active treatment.Conclusions. Although spontaneous resolution of MCC has been described for other head neck sites, there has not been any published case of nasal MCC regression. We present this rare case of nasal MCC with neck metastases and its regression. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck, 2010