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Concurrent Merkel cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma in a chest nodule Volume 25, issue 5, September-October 2015

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1 Department of Dermatology,
2 Department of Pathology,
Toho University Ohashi Medical Center,
2-17-6, Ohashi, Meguro-ku,
Tokyo 153-8515, Japan
3 Department of Microbiology and Infection,
Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan

Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a highly virulent neuroendocrine cutaneous neoplasm. MCC occasionally coexists with other diseases [1]. Herein, we describe a case of MCC concurrent with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in the same chest nodule.A 73-year-old man presented with a 2-year history of an irregularly shaped erythematous patch on his chest. One month earlier, a painless, bleeding and rapidly growing erythematous nodule had developed on the patch. Physical examination revealed a reddish, protruding, [...]