What can primary cutaneous neuroendocrine carcinomas with squamoid and neuroendocrine differentiation teach us about the origin of Merkel cells?
Dadzie
Ophelia
O
Department of Dermatology, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Health Care Trust, London, UK.
Teixeira
Fernanda
F
D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D015266:Carcinoma, Merkel Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D018862:Merkel Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000473:pathology*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*