title: [Merkel cell carcinoma].
abstract: Merkel cell carcinoma is a neuroendocrine tumor of the skin, originating from neuroendocrine cells. A case report of Merkel cell carcinoma, discovered in a 77-Year-old woman, was diagnosed and confirmed on a biopsy. Diagnostic and therapeutic orientations of this unusual but malignant tumor are described.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Ophtalmologie, CHU Sart-Tilman, Liège, Belgique.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barile
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Leroy
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bolle
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Arrese
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hermanns-Le
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Piérard
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Duchesne
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015266:Carcinoma, Merkel Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000648:ultrastructure