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Two cases of Merkel cell carcinoma, a neuroendocrine neoplasia of the skin, investigated with iodine-131 metaiodobenzylguanidine (131i-mIBG) scintigraphy, are reported. Uptake in the tumor was evident only in 1 case. The possible diagnostic and therapeutic role of 131I-mIBG in patients with this rare neoplasm is discussed.
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Castagnoli, A., Biti, G., De Cristofaro, M.T.R. et al. Merkel cell carcinoma and iodine-131 metaiodobenzylguanidine scan. Eur J Nucl Med 19, 913–916 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00168169
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