Open AccessMerkel Cell Carcinoma of Skin - A Very Rare Case
Author(s) -
Nanda Patil,
Avinash Mane,
Vaidehi Nagar,
Shivangi Mittal
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
scholars journal of medical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2347-9507
pISSN - 2347-6559
DOI - 10.36347/sjmcr.2022.v10i02.019
Subject(s) - merkel cell carcinoma , merkel cell polyomavirus , medicine , pathology , neuroendocrine carcinoma , carcinoma , neuroendocrine differentiation , umbilicus (mollusc) , merkel cell , lymph node , metastasis , histopathological examination , dermis , dermatology , cancer , anatomy , prostate cancer
Merkel cell carcinoma is an uncommon primary neuroendocrine carcinoma of skin which affects elderly and immunosuppressed patients. The confirmatory diagnosis require histopathological examination as the clinical features are non - specific. Differentiation from metastatic neuroendocrine carcinoma requires clinicopathological correlation plays important role in differentiation. We present a rare case of merkel cell carcinoma. In a 68 year male patient who presented with exophytic growth arising from umbilicus with metastasis in inguinal lymph node.