title: 123I-MIBG SPECT of Merkel cell carcinoma.
abstract: 131I-MIBG may be useful in the detection of neuroendocrine tumours. Merkel cell carcinoma is a neuroendocrine tumour of the skin. We evaluated a patient with Merkel cell carcinoma using 123I-MIBG single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) which demonstrated tumour accumulation of the radiotracer in the right eyelid. This result suggests that 123I-MIBG SPECT may be useful in the evaluation of Merkel cell carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kageyama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hayasaka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Seto
mesh_terms: D019797:3-Iodobenzylguanidine; D000368:Aged; D015266:Carcinoma, Merkel Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003287:Contrast Media; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019797:3-Iodobenzylguanidine