Concept information
Preferred term
Carcinoma, Merkel Cell
Type
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Definition
- A carcinoma arising from MERKEL CELLS located in the basal layer of the epidermis and occurring most commonly as a primary neuroendocrine carcinoma of the skin. Merkel cells are tactile cells of neuroectodermal origin and histologically show neurosecretory granules. The skin of the head and neck are a common site of Merkel cell carcinoma, occurring generally in elderly patients. (Holland et al., Cancer Medicine, 3d ed, p1245)
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Merkel Cell Cancer
- Merkel Cell Carcinoma
- Merkel Cell Tumor
- Merkle Tumors
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- blood (Qualifier)
- blood supply (Qualifier)
- cerebrospinal fluid (Qualifier)
- chemically induced (Qualifier)
- chemistry (Qualifier)
- classification (Qualifier)
- complications (Qualifier)
- congenital (Qualifier)
- diagnosis (Qualifier)
- diagnostic imaging (Qualifier)
- diet therapy (Qualifier)
- drug therapy (Qualifier)
- economics (Qualifier)
- embryology (Qualifier)
- enzymology (Qualifier)
- epidemiology (Qualifier)
- ethnology (Qualifier)
- etiology (Qualifier)
- genetics (Qualifier)
- history (Qualifier)
- immunology (Qualifier)
- metabolism (Qualifier)
- microbiology (Qualifier)
- mortality (Qualifier)
- nursing (Qualifier)
- parasitology (Qualifier)
- pathology (Qualifier)
- physiopathology (Qualifier)
- prevention & control (Qualifier)
- psychology (Qualifier)
- radiotherapy (Qualifier)
- rehabilitation (Qualifier)
- secondary (Qualifier)
- surgery (Qualifier)
- therapy (Qualifier)
- ultrastructure (Qualifier)
- urine (Qualifier)
- veterinary (Qualifier)
- virology (Qualifier)
In other languages
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French
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Carcinome de Merkel
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Épithélioma à cellules de Merkel
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Tumeur de Merkel
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-PPGM0D0L-7
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