Review Article

Histological, Immunohistological, and Clinical Features of Merkel Cell Carcinoma in Correlation to Merkel Cell Polyomavirus Status

Table 1

Immunohistochemistry of Merkel cell carcinoma (according to Schrama et al. 2011, Becker et al. 2008; [17, 18]). CK20: cytokeratin 20; CK7: cytokeratin 7; NSE: neuron-specific enolase; TTF1: thyorid transcriptor factor 1; LCA: leucocyte common antigen.

CK20CK7NSETTF1S100LCA

Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC)++
Small cell carcinoma of the lung (SCLC)+++
Melanoma+
Lymphoma+