title: Merkel cell carcinoma and iodine-131 metaiodobenzylguanidine scan.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Fisiopatologia Clinica, Università degli Studi, Firenze, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Castagnoli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Biti
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: De Cristofaro
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ferri
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Magrini
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Papi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bianchi
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007462:Iodobenzenes; D013565:Sympatholytics; D019797:3-Iodobenzylguanidine