An isolated Merkel cell carcinoma metastasis at a distant cutaneous site presenting as a second 'primary' tumor.

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Published in J Cutan Pathol on August 23, 2011

Authors

Iris Z Ahronowitz1, Adil I Daud, Stanley P Leong, Eveline H Shue, Boris C Bastian, Timothy H McCalmont, Siegrid S Yu

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.

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