Cutaneous Merkel cell carcinoma: multiple asynchronous primary lesions in a patient on immunosuppressive therapy.

J Cutan Pathol

Department of Medicine, Division of Dermatology and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40241, USA.

Published: March 2017

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