title: Trabecular or Merkel's cell carcinoma.
abstract: Two cases of trabecular cell carcinoma of the skin are presented. The clinical presentation and behavior, and the histologic findings, of the tumor are described. Surgical excision of the primary lesion with regional lymph node dissection, if indicated, is the treatment of choice. Distant metastasis is treated by local irradiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bay Pines, FL 33504.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Karam
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nussey
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nawab
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001365:Axilla; D015266:Carcinoma, Merkel Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005542:Forearm; D006801:Humans; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016038:Skin Transplantation