Unknown primary Merkel cell carcinoma in the immunosuppressed patient: Case series

Jason M Rizzo; Paul W Harms; Kelly L Harms; Andrew Plaska; Chad Brenner; Alison B Durham

doi:10.1016/j.jdcr.2020.11.017

Unknown primary Merkel cell carcinoma in the immunosuppressed patient: Case series

JAAD Case Rep. 2020 Dec 1:8:19-22. doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2020.11.017. eCollection 2021 Feb.

Authors

Jason M Rizzo¹, Paul W Harms^{1

2

3}, Kelly L Harms^{1

2}, Andrew Plaska¹, Chad Brenner^{2

4

5}, Alison B Durham^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
² Rogel Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
³ Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
⁴ Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
⁵ Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

No abstract available

Keywords: MCC; MCC, Merkel cell carcinoma; MCC-KP, MCC with known primary tumor; MCC-UP; MCC-UP, MCC with unknown primary tumor; MCPyV; MCPyV, Merkel cell polyomavirus; MCV; PyV; UV, ultraviolet radiation; cutaneous neuroendocrine carcinoma; cutaneous oncology; immunosuppression; merkel cell carcinoma; merkel cell polyomavirus; metastatic merkel cell carcinoma with unknown primary tumor; neuroendocrine carcinoma; oncology; polyomavirus.

Publication types

Case Reports