title: Inability to detect sentinel lymph node metastasis due to an obstruction of the lymphatics by metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma.
authors.forename: Yukako
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Yoshitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kai
authors.forename: Mizuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hatano
authors.forename: Fumiaki
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Kazumoto
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Katagiri
authors.forename: Sakuhei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.forename: Tetsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Shigeo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimoda
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015266:Carcinoma, Merkel Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008208:Lymphatic System / Q000473:pathology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*