Merkel cell carcinoma and iodine-131 metaiodobenzylguanidine scan.
Two cases of Merkel cell carcinoma, a neuroendocrine neoplasia of the skin, investigated with iodine-131 metaiodobenzylguanidine (131I-mIBG) scintigraphy, are reported. Uptake in the tumor was evident only in 1 case. The possible diagnostic and therapeutic role of 131I-mIBG in patients with this rare neoplasm is discussed.
Castagnoli
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Dipartimento di Fisiopatologia Clinica, Università degli Studi, Firenze, Italy.
Biti
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G
De Cristofaro
M T
MT
Ferri
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P
Magrini
S M
SM
Papi
M G
MG
Bianchi
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S
D019797:3-Iodobenzylguanidine; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015266:Carcinoma, Merkel Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007462:Iodobenzenes; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D013565:Sympatholytics
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007462:Iodobenzenes; D013565:Sympatholytics; D019797:3-Iodobenzylguanidine