Role of nuclear medicine in staging and management in a case of Merkel cell carcinoma

Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol. 2012 Nov-Dec;31(6):354-6. doi: 10.1016/j.remn.2011.10.008. Epub 2011 Dec 15.

[Article in English, Spanish]

Authors

M A Ochoa-Figueroa¹, J Uña-Gorospe, A Allende-Riera, J Muñoz-Iglesias, C Cárdenas-Negro, B González-Delgado

Affiliation

¹ Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Universitario Insular de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. migue8a@hotmail.com

PMID: 23169391
DOI: 10.1016/j.remn.2011.10.008

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

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Buttocks
Carcinoma, Merkel Cell / diagnostic imaging
Carcinoma, Merkel Cell / pathology
Carcinoma, Merkel Cell / secondary*
Carcinoma, Merkel Cell / surgery
False Negative Reactions
Female
Fluorine Radioisotopes*
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
Humans
Lymph Node Excision
Lymphatic Metastasis / diagnostic imaging*
Multimodal Imaging*
Neoplasm Staging / methods
Positron-Emission Tomography*
Radiopharmaceuticals*
Remission Induction
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
Skin Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Skin Neoplasms / pathology
Skin Neoplasms / surgery
Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
Whole Body Imaging

Substances

Fluorine Radioisotopes
Radiopharmaceuticals
Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin
technetium Tc 99m nanocolloid
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18