title: [Neuroendocrine (Merkel cell) carcinoma of the skin].
abstract: A case of neuroendocrine Merkel cell carcinoma of the skin in a 65-year-old female patient is reported. The definite diagnosis can be established only by ultrastructural and immunohistochemical investigations. Characteristic features are cytoplasmic neurosecretory granules and the identification of neuron-specific enolase.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001079:Apudoma / Q000473:pathology*; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Das neuroendokrine (Merkel-Zell-)Karzinom der Haut.