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trabecular carcinoma (medicine)


trabecular carcinoma -->
Merkel cell tumour


A rare malignant cutaneous tumour seen in sun-exposed skin of elderly patients composed of dermal nodules of small round cells with scanty cytoplasm in a trabecular pattern; the tumour cells contain cytoplasmic dense core granules resembling neurosecretory granules seen in Merkel cells.

Synonym: primary neuroendocrine carcinoma of the skin, trabecular carcinoma.