title: [Merkel cell carcinoma of the skin].
abstract: This study reports five cases of Merkel-cell carcinoma of the skin. Then the authors review the present state of the art from the data already available in the literature concerning this malignant primary skin tumor. A part from local excision, no standard procedures are described. The literature provides a lot of discrepancies concerning the additional treatments such as lymph mode excision, radio and chemotherapy. The prognosis of this tumor remains poor because of a high incidence of local recurrence, a frequent spread to regional lymph modes and the development metastases.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Plastique et Réparatrice, Hôpital de Rangueuil, Toulouse.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Costagliola
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rouge
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Grolleau
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kertesz
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Chavoin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015266:Carcinoma, Merkel Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy
vernacular_title: Carcinome de la peau à cellules de Merkel (merkélome).