Difference between revisions of "Dermatologic neoplasms"

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 ==Merkel cell carcinoma==
 *Abbreviated ''MCC''.
-===General===
-*Aggressive.
-*Rare.
-*Increased risk in the immunodeficient.
-*Most caused by ''Merkel cell [[polyomavirus]]''.<ref name=pmid18202256>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Feng | first1 = H. | last2 = Shuda | first2 = M. | last3 = Chang | first3 = Y. | last4 = Moore | first4 = PS. | title = Clonal integration of a polyomavirus in human Merkel cell carcinoma. | journal = Science | volume = 319 | issue = 5866 | pages = 1096-100 | month = Feb | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1126/science.1152586 | PMID = 18202256 }}</ref>
 ===General===
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 Etiology:
-*Polyomavirus (?).<ref name=pmid20418670/>
+*Most caused by ''Merkel cell [[polyomavirus]]''.<ref name=pmid18202256>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Feng | first1 = H. | last2 = Shuda | first2 = M. | last3 = Chang | first3 = Y. | last4 = Moore | first4 = PS. | title = Clonal integration of a polyomavirus in human Merkel cell carcinoma. | journal = Science | volume = 319 | issue = 5866 | pages = 1096-100 | month = Feb | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1126/science.1152586 | PMID = 18202256 }}</ref><ref name=pmid20418670/>
 *Immunocompromised/immunosuppressed (e.g. organ transplant recipients).