Merkel cell carcinoma: morphologic aspects on reflectance confocal microscopy

Abstract

Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is an uncommon skin tumour with aggressive behaviour. Clinically, MCC usually appear as a fast growing red cherry nodule on the leg or face of elderly patients (1-4). Dermoscopically, it might reveal a reddish background with arborizing not in focus vessels, a pattern that is rather aspecific. Thus, the final diagnosis is routinely made by histopathologic examination and specific immunohistochemical stainings.

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