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Abstract Title:

A Spontaneous Regression of an Isolated Lymph Node Metastasis from a Primary Unknown Merkel Cell Carcinoma in a Patient with an Idiopathic Hyper-Eosinophilic Syndrome.

Abstract Source:

Am J Case Rep. 2018 Dec 4 ;19:1437-1440. Epub 2018 Dec 4. PMID: 30510152

Abstract Author(s):

Raffaele Longo, Oana Balasanu, Mathilde Chastenet de Castaing, Eric Chatelain, Mohammed Yacoubi, Marco Campitiello, Nathalie Marcon, Francesca Plastino

Article Affiliation:

Raffaele Longo

Abstract:

BACKGROUND Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare, aggressive primary cutaneous neuroendocrine tumor frequently associated with Merkel cell polyomavirus infection. Despite its aggressiveness, a few reports of spontaneous MCC regression have been described in the literature, most of them following incisional biopsy supporting a hypothetical role of surgery-induced inflammation in the process of regression. CASE REPORT We report a case of 69-year-old Caucasian male who was followed for an idiopathic hyper-eosinophilic syndrome. A positron emission tomography (PET) scan documented a hyper-metabolic, left, inguinal adenopathy, histologically corresponding to a metastasis of a poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma. This lesion spontaneously regressed at clinical examination and radiological imaging. After its excisional dissection, histology was negative. Five months later, a nearby adenopathy reappeared. The patient underwent another excisional biopsy. Histology and immunohistochemistry were compatible with a lymph node metastasis of a MCC. As the patient refused radical surgery, a regional radiotherapy was performed. As of a follow-up at 10 months, he was alive and free of tumor recurrence. The hyper-eosinophilic syndrome was stable; however, the serum levels of chromogranin-A were inexplicably elevated in the absence of any tumor evidence at the PET scan. CONCLUSIONS The particularity of this case relies on the rarity of MCC complete spontaneous regression in a patient without a primary tumor and with a synchronous, idiopathic hyper-eosinophilic syndrome.

Study Type : Human: Case Report

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