[Neuroendocrine tumor of the skin of head and neck].
BACKGROUND
Merkel cell carcinom is a rare neuroendrocine tumor of skin which manifests it self through aggressive growth and early regional metastasis. It develops mainly in older population. Locally, the tumor spreads intracutaneously.


METHODS
We showed two cases (females of 89 and 70 years old) hospitalized within the last two years. The first patient was treated surgically three times. After the surgery, the patient was treated with radio therapy, and died 3 years from the begining of the treatment. The second patient with this neuroendocrine tumor with the high malignacy potential and huge regional metastasis, was treated surgiclly, and died a month and a half after the operation.


CONCLUSIONS
These two cases confirmed the aggressive and recidivant growth of this tumor with the difficut pathologic investigetion, and the extremlly bad prognosis inspite of the treatment.
Stosić
Srboljub
S
Vojnomedicinska akademija, Klinika za maksilofacijalnu hirurgiju, Beograd.
Durdević
Dejan
D
Kozomara
Ruzica
R
Mirković
Zoran
Z
Stosić-Opinćal
Tatjana
T
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015266:Carcinoma, Merkel Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*