title: Role of nuclear medicine in staging and management in a case of Merkel cell carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Universitario Insular de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. migue8a@hotmail.com
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ochoa-Figueroa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Uña-Gorospe
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Allende-Riera
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Muñoz-Iglesias
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cárdenas-Negro
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: González-Delgado
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002081:Buttocks; D015266:Carcinoma, Merkel Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005260:Female; D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012074:Remission Induction; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D051598:Whole Body Imaging
chemical_list: D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin; C083602:technetium Tc 99m nanocolloid; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18