Metastatic Merkel cell tumor to bladder presenting as an encroachment tumor with gross hematuria - 07/09/11
Doi : 10.1016/S0090-4295(99)00034-5
William F Santis a, Elise J Billings a, William C DeWolf a, ⁎
a Division of Urologic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
*Address for correspondence: William C. DeWolf, M.D., Division of Urologic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
Abstract |
Merkel cell carcinoma is an uncommon and aggressive tumor of neuroendocrine and epithelial origin. A case of metastatic Merkel cell tumor with hematuria secondary to invasion into the bladder is presented. This is the second reported case of metastatic Merkel cell tumor to the bladder and the first published cystoscopic image of such a lesion.
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Vol 54 - N° 1
P. 163 - juillet 1999 Retour au numéro
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