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ArticleArchives of craniofacial surgery2026

Primary Merkel cell carcinoma of the submandibular region without cutaneous lesion: a case report.

Hye Mi Lee, Ryang Woo Lee, Hyeon Hee Lee, Young Cheon Na

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Article in Archives of craniofacial surgery, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Hye Mi LeeDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Wonkwang University Hospital, Iksan, Korea.
Ryang Woo LeeDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Wonkwang University Hospital, Iksan, Korea.
Hyeon Hee LeeDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Wonkwang University Hospital, Iksan, Korea.
Young Cheon NaDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Wonkwang University Hospital, Iksan, Korea. ycnadr@hanmail.net.

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Wonkwang University
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare but highly aggressive cutaneous neuroendocrine malignancy that typically arises in sun-exposed skin and may secondarily invade deeper soft tissues. Primary MCC arising from non-cutaneous structures is exceedingly uncommon. We describe an unusual case of a large MCC presenting as a submandibular mass without any clinically or radiologically identifiable overlying skin lesion. This report highlights the need to include MCC in the differential diagnosis of rapidly enlarging submandibular masses lacking an apparent cutaneous origin.

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Carcinoma, neuroendocrineCase reportsHead and neck neoplasmsMerkel cell carcinomaSubmandibular gland

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PMID42686143
PMCPMC13547629

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