1.
Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp
; 52(5): 427-30, 2001.
Article
in Spanish
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11526651
ABSTRACT
A case of metastatic Merkel-cell carcinoma to lymph nodes on the left side of the neck nad left parotid is described. Neuroendocrine cutaneous carcinoma, also called Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), is an uncommon primary skin tumor most often seen in elderly. Literature is reviewed and comment about more important features of these lesions, like differential diagnosis, prognosis and treatment.
Subject(s)
Carcinoma, Merkel Cell/secondary , Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine/pathology , Carcinoma/secondary , Parotid Neoplasms/pathology , Skin Neoplasms/pathology , Aged , Carcinoma/radiotherapy , Carcinoma/surgery , Carcinoma, Merkel Cell/radiotherapy , Carcinoma, Merkel Cell/surgery , Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine/radiotherapy , Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine/surgery , Diagnosis, Differential , Female , Humans , Parotid Neoplasms/radiotherapy , Parotid Neoplasms/surgery , Skin Neoplasms/radiotherapy , Skin Neoplasms/surgery
2.
An Otorrinolaringol Ibero Am
; 28(6): 563-70, 2001.
Article
in Spanish
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11859618
ABSTRACT
Tosillectomy or palatine tonsils removal was by far as the very middle of the twenty century the commonest surgery in childhood, but owing to the abstinence behavior in past decades this operation has dropped considerabily and in consequence numerous grown up presents frequently tonsillar pathology requiring its removal in middle adult life.