Can Merkel cell cancer be cured?

Merkel cell carcinoma is highly treatable with surgical and nonsurgical therapies, particularly if caught early. Treatments are often highly individualized, depending on a patient’s general health, as well as the tumor’s location, size, depth, and degree of spread.

How fast does Merkel cell cancer spread?

A physical exam may reveal a new skin lesion, an enlarged lymph node or an enlarged liver that may signal the spread of MCC. A lesion of metastatic MCC may appear as a 1-3 cm, flesh-colored to red-purple bump that feels firm, is deeper compared to the primary lesion, and grows rapidly over a period of 2-4 weeks.

How does Merkel cell carcinoma spread?

Merkel cell carcinoma tends to grow quickly and to metastasize (spread) at an early stage. It usually spreads first to nearby lymph nodes and then may spread to lymph nodes or skin in distant parts of the body, lungs, brain, bones, or other organs.

What kind of skin cancer is trabecular carcinoma?

Another name for MCC is trabecular carcinoma (or trabecular cancer). MCC is much less common than most other types of skin cancer (see below), but it’s one of the most dangerous types. (The other dangerous skin cancer is melanoma.)

What kind of tumor is a trabecular adenoma?

The differential diagnosis of the solid/trabecular pattern includes, but is not limited to, trabecular adenoma, medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC), the solid variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), hyalinizing trabecular tumor (HTT), and even other tumors, such as paraganglioma [2].

What kind of tumor is a Hyalinizing trabecular tumor?

The differential diagnosis of the solid/trabecular pattern includes, but is not limited to, trabecular adenoma, medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC), the solid variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), hyalinizing trabecular tumor (HTT), and even other tumors, such as paraganglioma [2]. HTT is a very rare neoplasm]

What kind of tumor is a HTT tumor?

Abstract Hyalinizing trabecular tumor (HTT) of the thyroid is a rare neoplasm that was first described by Carney in 1987. It is a tumor of follicular derivation with peculiar nuclear, architectural, histochemical, and immunohistochemical features. We report a case of HTT in a 69-year-old woman with a mutinodular goiter.