JLE

European Journal of Dermatology

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Cutaneous Merkel cell carcinoma of the left lower leg Volume 8, numéro 4, June 1998

Auteurs
Department of Dermatology, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Madeville Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, UK
  • Page(s) : 285-6
  • Année de parution : 1998

A reclusive, 77-year-old lady was admitted to hospital with shortness of breath and anorexia. Chest X-ray revealed extensive pulmonary metastases. Abdominal ultrasound was normal, but due to her poor general medical health with cardiac and renal failure, no invasive investigations were performed to hunt the hidden primary tumour. She was referred to dermatology to review her long standing "venous" leg ulcers which had become increasingly [...]