Merkel cell carcinoma: A primer for the radiologist

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 200, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1186-1196

  Tirumani, Sree Harsha ^a,b   Shinagare, Atul B ^b   Sakellis, Christopher ^a,b   Saboo, Sachin S ^b   Jagannathan, Jyothi P ^a,b   Krajewski, Katherine M ^a,b   Ramaiya, Nikhil H ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Merkel cell carcinoma; PET CT; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

6 FLUORODOPA F 18; CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; SOMATOSTATIN DERIVATIVE; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR;

CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; METASTASIS; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; MONOTHERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT CARE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SCINTIGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY;

CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880934886     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.9884     Document Type: Review

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