Journal article
Case 19-2008: A 63-Year-Old HIV-Positive Man with Cutaneous Merkel-Cell Carcinoma
The New England journal of medicine, Vol.358(25), pp.2717-2723
06/19/2008
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc0803063
PMID: 18565865
Abstract
A 63-year-old HIV-positive man was referred to this hospital for management of a cutaneous Merkel-cell carcinoma on the forehead that metastasized to the ipsilateral preauricular and cervical lymph nodes. A treatment plan was established.
A 63-year-old HIV-positive man was referred to the hospital for management of a cutaneous Merkel-cell carcinoma on the forehead that metastasized to the ipsilateral preauricular and cervical lymph nodes.
Presentation of Case
Dr. Gregory K. Robbins
(Infectious Diseases): A 63-year-old man was referred to the clinic for head and neck cancer, a multidisciplinary unit of this hospital, for management of cutaneous Merkel-cell carcinoma. He had been well until 3 months earlier, when he noted a small, painless nodule on the superior, right-central aspect of his forehead. During the next 3 weeks, this nodule grew slowly, and a second, pea-size, painless nodule developed in front of his right ear. Pathological examination of a biopsy specimen of the lesion on the forehead indicated a small-cell carcinoma that was thought to be . . .
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Case 19-2008: A 63-Year-Old HIV-Positive Man with Cutaneous Merkel-Cell Carcinoma
- Creators
- Paul M BusseJohn R ClarkVictorine V MuseVincent Liu
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The New England journal of medicine, Vol.358(25), pp.2717-2723
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- DOI
- 10.1056/NEJMcpc0803063
- PMID
- 18565865
- ISSN
- 0028-4793
- eISSN
- 1533-4406
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/19/2008
- Academic Unit
- Dermatology; Pathology
- Record Identifier
- 9984025677302771
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