Spontaneous regression of Merkel cell carcinoma of the nose.
BACKGROUND
Merkel Cell Carcinoma (MCC) is a rare neurendocrine tumor of cutaneous origin.


RESULTS
A 79-year-old woman was seen with a neck lump and a lesion in the left nasal vestibule. Biopsy of the lesion revealed a primary neurendocrine MCC of the skin of the nasal vestibule with metastases to the cervical lymph nodes. The patient decided against any further active treatment. Follow-up of patient for 30 months showed spontaneous regression of the lesions without any active treatment.


CONCLUSIONS
Although spontaneous resolution of MCC has been described for other head neck sites, there has not been any published case of nasal MCC regression. We present this rare case of nasal MCC with neck metastases and its regression.
Department of Otolaryngology, Warrington Hospital, Lovely Lane, Warrington WA5 1QG, United Kingdom. pkarkos@aol.com
Petros D
PD
Karkos
Anand
A
Sastry
Sucha
S
Hampal
Mohammad
M
Al-Jafari
D000368:Aged; D015266:Carcinoma, Merkel Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009365:Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous / Q000473:pathology*; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*