Imaging in Patients with Merkel Cell Carcinoma
Joint Authors
Czerny, Christian
Enzenhofer, Elisabeth
Ubl, Philipp
Erovic, Boban M.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-02-06
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare, aggressive neuroendocrine tumor of the skin with a mortality rate of approximately 25% (Peloschek et al., 2010).
Accurate assessment of nodal involvement in patients with MCC predicts significantly overall outcome (Smith et al., 2012 and Ortin-Perez et al., 2007).
Due to the rarity of this highly aggressive disease, only a few imaging reports on MCC were published, and subsequently still to date no accepted imaging algorithm for MCC is available.
For primary staging of MCC, general recommendations have included ultrasonography, chest X-ray CT, and MRI, but recent articles show that the use of sentinel node and FDG-PET/PET-CT is gaining more and more importance.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Enzenhofer, Elisabeth& Ubl, Philipp& Czerny, Christian& Erovic, Boban M.. 2013. Imaging in Patients with Merkel Cell Carcinoma. Journal of Skin Cancer،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-512626
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Enzenhofer, Elisabeth…[et al.]. Imaging in Patients with Merkel Cell Carcinoma. Journal of Skin Cancer No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-512626
American Medical Association (AMA)
Enzenhofer, Elisabeth& Ubl, Philipp& Czerny, Christian& Erovic, Boban M.. Imaging in Patients with Merkel Cell Carcinoma. Journal of Skin Cancer. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-512626
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-512626