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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · J Lab Physicians 2023; 15(03): 466-469
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1760670
Case Report

Gastric Metastasis of Primary Neuroendocrine Tumor of Skin: Rare Tumor with Rare Presentation

Md Ali Osama 
1   Department of Pathology, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India
,
Seema Rao 
2   Department of Histopathology, Sir Gangaram Hospital, New Delhi, India
,
Tarun Mittal
3   Department of General and Laparoscopic Surgery, Sir Gangaram Hospital, New Delhi, India
,
Sandeep Kumar
4   Department of General Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, India
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Abstract

Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare primary neuroendocrine tumor of the skin. It has an aggressive biological behavior and shows early local and distant metastasis. Diagnosis of MCC is a challenge and requires confirmation by immunohistochemistry (IHC). However, metastasis of MCC to the stomach is extremely uncommon and is rarely reported in the literature. We hereby describe a patient with gastric metastasis of MCC, who presented with black tarry stool and was finally diagnosed on the basis of clinical history, histology, and IHC.

Keywords

cutaneous - Merkel cell carcinoma - metastasis - neuroendocrine - stomach

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Article published online:
18 January 2023

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