See Also: Merkel cell tumour(medicine)
Merkel's tactile cell(medicine)
Carcinoma, Merkel cell(health)
carcinoma, merkel cell(medicine)
Tumour cell(medicine)
granular cell tumour(medicine)
germ cell tumour(medicine)
Sertoli cell tumour(medicine)
acinar cell tumour(medicine)
leydig cell tumour(medicine)

Merkel cell tumour (medicine)


Merkel cell tumour


A rare malignant cutaneous tumour seen in sun-exposed skin of elderly patients composed of dermal nodules of small round cells with scanty cytoplasm in a trabecular pattern; the tumour cells contain cytoplasmic dense core granules resembling neurosecretory granules seen in Merkel cells.

Synonym: primary neuroendocrine carcinoma of the skin, trabecular carcinoma.