Piotr Przyczyna
Elżbieta Trojnar
Dorota Bartusik-Aebisher
David Aebisher
Metastasis of cancer from Merkel cells to the thyroid gland
Piotr Przyczyna
Elżbieta Trojnar
Dorota Bartusik-Aebisher
David Aebisher
Clinical Provincial Hospital No. 2 St. Jadwiga Krolowej in Rzeszow, Rzeszow, Poland
Clinical Provincial Hospital No. 2 St. Jadwiga Krolowej in Rzeszow, Rzeszow, Poland
Department of Biochemistry and General Chemistry, Medical College of the University of Rzeszow, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszow, Poland
Department of Photomedicine and Physical Chemistry, Medical College of Rzeszów University, Rzeszów, Poland
Received: 10 September 2020 / Accepted: 24 November 2020 / Published: 30 March 2021
Abstract
Introduction. Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare and aggressive neuroendocrine skin cancer.
Aim. Herein described is a case of hypertensive patient, after removal of Merkel cancer of the left gluteus skin (2011), after pulmonary embolism (2013), with degenerative changes of the spine and uterine myoma, chronically treated with Warfarin, because of suspected thyroid cancer.
Description of the case. A 70-year-old woman case after removing Merkel cancer of the left buttock skin (2011), after pulmonary embolism (2013), with degenerative changes of the spine and uterine fibroids treated chronically with Warfarin because of suspected thyroid cancer is described.
Conclusion. Increasing evidence of Merkel cell carcinoma with immunodeficiency and neoplasia, and the management and outcome of these patients requires study.
Cite
Przyczyna P, Trojnar E, Bartusik-Aebisher D, Aebisher D. Metastasis of cancer from Merkel cells to the thyroid gland. Eur J Clin Exp Med. 2021;19(1):86–88. doi: 10.15584/ejcem.2021.1.12
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