Doctors thought deadly skin cancer was a harmless cyst

After a number of trips to the doctor, William Thomas finally had a lump on his arm tested and diagnosed as merkel cell carcinoma.

Initially Mr Thomas was told that his lump, which grew to the size of a golf ball, was just a harmless cyst.

But in fact it was a rare and aggressive type of skin cancer known as a merkel cell carcinoma.

The resulting effect of the surgery to remove Mr Thomas’s skin cancer meant that he lost significant power in his affected arm.

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