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Case 19-2008 – A 63-Year-Old HIV-Positive Man with Cutaneous Merkel-Cell Carcinoma

June 19, 2008

Journal

The New England Journal of Medicine

Publication Date

June 19, 2008

Authors

Paul M. Busse, M.D., Ph.D., John R. Clark, M.D., Victorine V. Muse, M.D., and Vincent Liu, M.D.

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Abstract

A 63-year-old HIV-positive man was referred to this hospital for management of a cutaneous Merkel-cell carcinoma on the forehead that metastasized to the ipsilateral preauricular and cervical lymph nodes. A treatment plan was established.

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