A Case of Merkel Cell Carcinoma with Cervical Lymph Node Metastasis

Lee, Hwan Ho

doi:10.35420/jcohns.2005.16.2.323

J Clin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2005; 16(2):323-326

pISSN: 1225-0244, eISSN: 2713-833X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35420/jcohns.2005.16.2.323

증례

경부 림프절 전이를 동반한 협부의 Merkel Cell Carcinoma 1예

이환호 ¹ ^, ^*

A Case of Merkel Cell Carcinoma with Cervical Lymph Node Metastasis

Hwan Ho Lee ¹ ^, ^*

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¹고신대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실

¹Department of Otolaryngology, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea

^*교신저자: 이환호, 602-702 부산광역시 서구 암남동 34 고신대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실 전화: (051) 990-6470·전송: (051) 245-8539 E-mail: hornet@mdhouse.com

© Copyright 2005 The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Received: Sep 03, 2005; Accepted: Oct 04, 2005

Published Online: May 31, 2020

ABSTRACT

Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is rare primary neuroendocrine skin tumor that usually arises in the head and neck or extremities of elderly patients. MCC has a high incidence of locoregional recurrence with distant metastasis. The treatment of choice is wide local excision of the primary lesion and regional lymph nodes followed by irradiation. I experienced a case of MCC in the cheek area with submandibular lymph node metastasis. The patient died of metastatic disease 13 months after operation. I report this case with review of literatures. (J Clinical Otolaryngol 2005;16:323-326)

Keywords: Merkel cell carcinoma; 협부; 림프절 전이

Keywords: Merkel cell carcinoma; Cheek; Lymphatic metastasis