Case Reports in Medicine
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 905414, 3 pages
doi:10.1155/2010/905414
Case Report

An Unusual Clinical Presentation of Merkel Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report

Deba P. Sarma,1 Dawn E. Heagley,1 Julianne Chalupa,1 Meredith Cox,1 and James M. Shehan2

1Department of Pathology, Creighton University Medical Center (DPS, DEH, JC, MC), Omaha, NE 68131, USA
2Department of Dermatology (JMS), Bergan Mercy Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68124, USA

Received 26 November 2009; Revised 6 February 2010; Accepted 8 February 2010

Academic Editor: Jochen Utikal

Copyright © 2010 Deba P. Sarma et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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