title: Merkel cell carcinoma in a patient with Recklinghausen neurofibromatosis.
abstract: A rare case is described of Merkel cell carcinoma of the cheek arising in a cutaneous neurofibroma in a patient with Recklinghausen neurofibromatosis. The relevant literature is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Theagenion Cancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Antoniades
authors.forename: T h
authors.initials: Th
authors.lastname: Giannouli
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kaisaridou
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015266:Carcinoma, Merkel Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D002610:Cheek / Q000601:surgery; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery