Merkel cell carcinoma in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia;Carcinoma de células de Merkel, leucemia linfática crónica y tomografía por emisión de positrones

Actas Dermo-Sifiliograficas

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 264-266

  Cervigón, Ivan ^a,b   Gargallo, Ana B ^a   Bahillo, Constanza ^a   Martínez Amo, José L ^a   Orradre, Juan L ^a   Muñoz Madero, Vicente ^a   García Almagro, Domingo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL VIRGEN DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

^b H El Escorial   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; Merkel cell carcinoma; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EOSIN; FLUDARABINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HEMATOXYLIN; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SKIN BIOPSY; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 33745726273     PISSN: 00017310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-7310(06)73396-8     Document Type: Article

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