Metastatic Merkel cell tumor to the prostate and bladder Journal Articles

abstract

• Merkel cell carcinoma is an uncommon cutaneous neoplasm of neuroendocrine origin. We report the case of a 71-year-old man with Merkel cell carcinoma metastases to the prostate and bladder presenting with lower urinary tract obstruction. Efforts should be made to optimize the patient's quality of life with the finding of metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma to the bladder or prostate until better adjuvant therapies are identified.

authors

• Mack, Douglas
• Moussa, Madeleine
• Cook, Anthony
• Izawa, Jonathan I

status

• published 

publication date

• July 2004

has subject area

• 1103 Clinical Sciences (FoR)
• Aged (MeSH)
• Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols (MeSH)
• Carboplatin (MeSH)
• Carcinoma, Merkel Cell (MeSH)
• Combined Modality Therapy (MeSH)
• Etoposide (MeSH)
• Facial Neoplasms (MeSH)
• Fatal Outcome (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Kidney Neoplasms (MeSH)
• Liver Neoplasms (MeSH)
• Lymphatic Metastasis (MeSH)
• Male (MeSH)
• Palliative Care (MeSH)
• Prostatic Neoplasms (MeSH)
• Radiotherapy, Adjuvant (MeSH)
• Spinal Neoplasms (MeSH)
• Transurethral Resection of Prostate (MeSH)
• Urethral Obstruction (MeSH)
• Urinary Bladder Neoplasms (MeSH)
• Urology & Nephrology (Science Metrix)

published in

• Urology  Journal

keywords

• Aged
• Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
• Carboplatin
• Carcinoma, Merkel Cell
• Combined Modality Therapy
• Etoposide
• Facial Neoplasms
• Fatal Outcome
• Humans
• Kidney Neoplasms
• Liver Neoplasms
• Lymphatic Metastasis
• Male
• Palliative Care
• Prostatic Neoplasms
• Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
• Spinal Neoplasms
• Transurethral Resection of Prostate
• Urethral Obstruction
• Urinary Bladder Neoplasms

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.urology.2004.03.027

PubMed ID

• 15245960

start page

• 156

end page

• 158

volume

• 64

issue

• 1