| Title | Metastatic Merkel cell tumor to the prostate and bladder. |
| Author(s) | Mack DP, Moussa M, Cook A, Izawa JI |
| Institution | Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, University of Western Ontario, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada. |
| Source | Urology 2004 Jul; 64(1):156-8. |
| MeSH | Aged
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
Carboplatin
Carcinoma, Merkel Cell
Combined Modality Therapy
Etoposide
Facial Neoplasms
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Kidney Neoplasms
Liver Neoplasms
Lymphatic Metastasis
Male
Palliative Care
Prostatic Neoplasms
Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
Spinal Neoplasms
Transurethral Resection of Prostate
Urethral Obstruction
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms
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| Abstract | Merkel cell carcinoma is an uncommon cutaneous neoplasm of neuroendocrine origin. We report the case of a 71-year-old man with Merkel cell carcinoma metastases to the prostate and bladder presenting with lower urinary tract obstruction. Efforts should be made to optimize the patient's quality of life with the finding of metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma to the bladder or prostate until better adjuvant therapies are identified. |
| Language | eng |
| Pub Type(s) | Case Reports
Journal Article
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| PubMed ID | 15245960 |
