title: Gastric metastasis of merkel cell cancer--uncommon complication of a rare neoplasm.
abstract: Merkel cell cancer is an aggressive cutaneous malignancy of neuroendocrine cell lineage which carries a poor prognosis. It usually affects elderly Caucasians and presents as a firm, painless, nodular lesion on the sun exposed areas of the body. Though it is highly metastatic, metastasis to the gastrointestinal tract is rarely reported. We describe a case of gastric metastasis from merkel cell cancer presenting with upper gastrointestinal bleeding. To our knowledge, only 8 such cases have been reported in English literature so far.
authors.forename: N Gaurav
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Syal
authors.forename: Shyam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dang
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rose
authors.forename: Chien
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Farshad
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Aduli
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D015266:Carcinoma, Merkel Cell / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*