TianJin Medical University Eye Center, 300084 TianJin, PR China.
World J Surg Oncol. 2011 May 24;9:58. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-9-58.
Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare cutaneous tumor and cases located in the eyelid have been described, but still its rarity may lead to difficulty in diagnosis and delay in treatment. A 51-year-old female patient that presented with large lesions in the eyelid underwent surgery after the diagnosis of acute chalazion. Following respiratory distress secondary to pulmonary metastasis, the patient's condition deteriorated and was not fit for complete excision treatment. Histopathological investigation of the biopsies, taken from the tumor, revealed that it was undifferentiated small cell carcinoma. Our aim with this paper is to point out that more cases should be reported for more effective diagnosis, histopathological study, clinical investigation, treatment and prognosis of this specific neoplasm.
默克尔细胞癌（Merkel cell carcinoma，MCC）是一种罕见的皮肤肿瘤，已有眼睑部位的病例报道，但由于其罕见性，可能导致诊断困难和治疗延误。一位 51 岁的女性患者，因眼睑出现大的病变而就诊，在诊断为急性睑板腺炎后接受了手术。随后，患者因肺转移继发呼吸窘迫，病情恶化，无法进行完全切除治疗。对取自肿瘤的活检进行组织病理学检查显示为未分化小细胞癌。我们撰写本文的目的是指出，应该报告更多的病例，以便对这种特定肿瘤进行更有效的诊断、组织病理学研究、临床调查、治疗和预后评估。
