title: [Orbital invasiveness of Merkel cell tumor of the eyelid].
abstract: A new case of neuroendocrine carcinoma (Merkel cell tumor) of the eyelid is reported. Local recurrence, spread to the orbit, led to exenteration and death of the patient. This trabecular carcinoma can be identified by histology, immuno-histochemistry and electron structural microscopy.
authors.affiliation: Service d'ophtalmologie, CHU Bicêtre, Kremlin-Bicêtre.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Offret
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Badarani
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Quillard
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bloch-Michel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015266:Carcinoma, Merkel Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure
vernacular_title: Envahissement orbitaire d'une tumeur à cellules de Merkel palpébrale.