Salmaan Sayeed, Danielle Kapustin, Samuel J Rubin, Jun Fan, Christina Wiedmer, Daniel Chung, Azita Khorsandi, Margaret Brandwein-Weber, Philip Friedlander, Richard Bakst, Ricardo J Ramirez, Mark L Urken
BACKGROUND: Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is an aggressive and rare neuroendocrine tumor, accounting for less than 1% of skin cancers. Metastasis primarily manifests in the cervical lymph nodes but rarely affect the thyroid. METHODS: We report a case of primary head and neck cutaneous MCC with metastasis to the thyroid gland. A review of the literature of MCC with thyroid metastasis was conducted. RESULTS: We identified five cases of MCC with thyroid metastasis...
April 4, 2024: American Journal of Otolaryngology