[False Merkel cell tumor of the gingival mucosa disclosed by small cell bronchial carcinoma].
Merkel cell tumours are exceptional and usually occur in exposed areas of the face or limbs. These tumours are related to small-cell bronchogenic cancer. The case reported here demonstrates the relationship between these two cancers since the diagnosis of Merkel cell tumour of the gingival mucosa, initially made in a patient with no other presenting signs other than the stomatological lesions, was corrected six weeks later when the buccal lesion was found to be a metastasis of small-cell bronchogenic cancer. This observation is in agreement with the retrospective study reported by the Institute of Stomatology of the Salpêtrière hospital published in 1992 and presented at the XXIVth congress of the French Society of Cervicofacial Cancerology.
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Service de Chirurgie Maxillo-Faciale Stomatologie et Chirurgie Plastique, HIA Bégin, Saint-Mandé.
Auriol
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Guilbert
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D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D015266:Carcinoma, Merkel Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005887:Gingival Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
Fausse tumeur à cellules de Merkel de la muqueuse gingivale révélatrice d'un carcinome bronchique à petites cellules.