Primary retroperitoneal Merkel cell carcinoma: Case report and literature review

•There are only two cases reported in the literature Merkel cell carcinoma in the retroperitoneum.•The most plausible theory is the retroperitoneal mass could be a massively enlarged lymph node where precursor cells became neoplastic.•The less probable theory is the non-described “regression” phenom...

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Main Authors: Quiroz-Sandoval, Osvaldo A., Cuellar-Hubbe, Mario, Lino-Silva, Leonardo S., Salcedo-Hernández, Rosa A., López-Basave, Horacio N., Padilla-Rosciano, Alejandro E., León-Takahashi, Alberto M., Herrera-Gómez, Ángel
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4756087/