carcinoma, merkel cell

Preferred Label : carcinoma, merkel cell;

MeSH definition : A carcinoma arising from MERKEL CELLS located in the basal layer of the epidermis and occurring most commonly as a primary neuroendocrine carcinoma of the skin. Merkel cells are tactile cells of neuroectodermal origin and histologically show neurosecretory granules. The skin of the head and neck are a common site of Merkel cell carcinoma, occurring generally in elderly patients. (Holland et al., Cancer Medicine, 3d ed, p1245);

MeSH synonym : merkel cell tumor; merkel cell carcinoma; tumor, merkel cell; merkle tumors; tumors, merkle; merkel cell cancer; cancer, merkel cell; cell cancer, merkel;

CISMeF synonym : Merkel;

MeSH annotation : coordinate IM with SKIN NEOPLASMS (IM);

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinoma, merkel cell;

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Origin ID

D015266;

UMLS CUI

C0007129;

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CISMeF manual mappings
- Apudoma of skin (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Cutaneous neuroendocrine carcinoma [ICD-11 Category]
- Cutaneous neuroendocrine carcinoma [ORDO Disease]
- Merkel Cell Carcinoma [NCIt concept]
- Merkel cell carcinoma [PASCAL descriptor]
- Merkel cell carcinoma [DO Concept]
- Merkel cell carcinoma [Disease (Nov.)]
- Merkel cell carcinoma [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Merkel cell carcinoma [ICD-O code]
- Merkel cell carcinoma [MedDRA LLT]
- Merkel cell carcinoma (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Merkel cell carcinoma (morphologic abnormality) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Neuroendocrine carcinoma of the skin [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- merkel cell carcinoma [SNOMED Notion]
HPO term
- Merkel cell skin cancer [HPO term]
Manual NTBT mappings (CISMeF)
- Neuroendocrine tumor with other location [ORDO Disease]
- Rare skin tumor or hamartoma [ORDO Disease]
MedlinePlus topic(s)
- skin cancer [MedlinePlus Topic]
Record concept(s)
- carcinoma, merkel cell [MeSH concept]
SNOMED CT : Morphologiquement associé
- neuroectodermal tumors, primitive, peripheral [MeSH Descriptor]
See also
- merkel cells [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Neoplastic Process [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Apudoma of skin (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Cutaneous neuroendocrine carcinoma [ORDO Disease]
- Merkel Cell Carcinoma [NCIt concept]
- Merkel cell carcinoma [ICD-O code]
- Merkel cell carcinoma [PASCAL descriptor]
- Merkel cell carcinoma [Disease (Nov.)]
- Merkel cell carcinoma [MedDRA LLT]
- Merkel cell carcinoma (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Merkel cell carcinoma (morphologic abnormality) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Merkel cell skin cancer [HPO term]
- Neuroendocrine carcinoma of the skin [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- merkel cell carcinoma [SNOMED Notion]

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