Painless, reddish, shiny tumor with teleangiectatic vessels. Derives from Merkel cells, which are located at the shafts of eyelashes and mediate sense of touch. Occurs usually in the elderly and metastasizes in 1/3 of the cases.
Prof. M. Hanssens,Akademish Ziekenhus, Gent, Belgium, Verhoff Society, 1996
