We report a case of neuroendocrine (Merkel cell) carcinoma (NC) of the skin, associated with a trichilemmal cyst, showing pagetoid spread into the trichilemmal epithelium. The association of the two lesions may strengthen the hypothesis that NC originates from pluripotent stem cells of adnexal epithelium.
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