title: Merkel cell carcinoma of the abdominal wall.
abstract: Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare highly malignant tumour. There have been previous descriptions of the CT appearances of this tumour, but to our knowledge this is the first MRI description. MRI may be a more sensitive method of initial evaluation of the local extension of the primary tumour.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dunlop
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sapp
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Logan
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Walsh
mesh_terms: D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D015266:Carcinoma, Merkel Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed