Merkel cell carcinoma of the gingival mucosa in a black young adult
Diallo, M.; Diallo, K.B.; Niang, A.; Ba, F.K.; Toure, S.; Diop, Y.; Mbaye, P.S.
Revue de Laryngologie - Otologie - Rhinologie 132(2): 111-114
2011
ISSN/ISBN: 0035-1334 PMID: 22416492 Document Number: 652229
Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare and aggressive primary neuroendocrine neoplasm of the skin with a poor prognosis. It occurs mainly in the skin of white elderly patients. Its occurrence in intraoral mucosal sites is rare. We report a rare case of MCC that arose in the gingival mucosa of young black adult.