Merkel cell carcinoma arising in the oral mucosa

R Mir; J J Sciubba; T A Bhuiya; K Blomquist; D Zelig; E Friedman

doi:10.1016/0030-4220(88)90195-8

Merkel cell carcinoma arising in the oral mucosa

Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol. 1988 Jan;65(1):71-5. doi: 10.1016/0030-4220(88)90195-8.

Authors

R Mir¹, J J Sciubba, T A Bhuiya, K Blomquist, D Zelig, E Friedman

Affiliation

¹ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, N.Y.

PMID: 3422398
DOI: 10.1016/0030-4220(88)90195-8

Abstract

This is the first reported case of a Merkel cell carcinoma arising in the oral mucosa. The tumor occurred in a 53-year-old white man, and it originated in the right mucobuccal fold. The Merkel cell origin was confirmed by electron microscopic and immunohistochemical studies.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma / pathology*
Cell Nucleus / ultrastructure
Cytoplasm / ultrastructure
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mouth Mucosa / pathology*
Mouth Neoplasms / pathology*