Merkel cell carcinoma of the skin
Costagliola, M.; Rouge, D.; Grolleau, J.L.; Kertesz, P.; Chavoin, J.P.
Annales de Chirurgie Plastique et Esthetique 39(6): 750-755
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0294-1260 PMID: 7661558 Document Number: 437538
This study reports five cases of Merkel-cell carcinoma of the skin. Then the authors review the present state of the art from the data already available in the literature concerning this malignant primary skin tumor. A part from local excision, no standard procedures are described. The literature provides a lot of discrepancies concerning the additional treatments such as lymph mode excision, radio and chemotherapy. The prognosis of this tumor remains poor because of a high incidence of local recurrence, a frequent spread to regional lymph modes and the development metastases.