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Merkel cell polyomavirus infection in both components of a combined Merkel cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma with ductal differentiation; each component had a similar but different novel Merkel cell polyomavirus large T antigen truncating mutation.
Human pathology - 1 Mar 2013
Iwasaki Takeshi, Kodama Hajime, Matsushita Michiko, Kuroda Naoto, Yamasaki Yoshikazu, Murakami Ichiro, Yamamoto Osamu, Hayashi Kazuhiko
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Merkel cell polyomavirus infects up to 80% of patients with Merkel cell carcinoma. Combined Merkel cell carcinoma and cutaneous tumors occur occasionally. Previous reports have suggested that Merkel cell polyomavirus is absent from combined Merkel cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinomas. This is the first report that Merkel cell polyomavirus infected in both lesions of a combined Merkel cell carcinoma and...
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