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Introduction: Merkel cells are afferent sensory receptors found right below the epidermis (top layer of skin) that function as mechanoreceptors (1). Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), which was first described in 1972 by Toker as a trabecular skin carcinoma, is a rare and aggressive type of skin cancer with neuroendocrine origin and accounts for less tha

Clinical Recognition of a Rare but Aggressive Merkel Cell Carcinoma
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