Paraneoplastic and metastatic neurologic complications of Merkel cell carcinoma

Scott D Z Eggers; Diva R. Salomao; Robert P. Dinapoli; Steven Vernino

doi:10.4065/76.3.327

Paraneoplastic and metastatic neurologic complications of Merkel cell carcinoma

Scott D Z Eggers, Diva R. Salomao, Robert P. Dinapoli, Steven Vernino

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Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare primary cutaneous neuroendocrine tumor that is locally aggressive and frequently accompanied by distant metastases. Neurologic complications of Merkel cell carcinoma are rare. We describe a 69-year-old man who presented with Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome and was found to have Merkel cell carcinoma. The paraneoplastic syndrome improved with initial treatment of the malignancy. He subsequently developed a solitary brain metastasis and died of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	327-330
Number of pages	4
Journal	Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Volume	76
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4065/76.3.327
State	Published - 2001

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