title: Merkel cell carcinoma: a malignant neuroendocrine tumour of the eyelid.
abstract: Merkel cell carcinoma is a recently described tumour which may occur on the face of the elderly. We report such a lesion which presented as a cyst on the eyelid of an 88-year-old woman. This tumour differs from other tumours of the eyelids in its propensity for local and distant spread.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005143:Eyelids / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron