Lymphoscintigraphy, sentinel lymph node biopsy, and Mohs micrographic surgery in the treatment of merkel cell carcinoma

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Zeitouni, NC
Cheney, RT
Delacure, MD
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[1] Roswell Pk Canc Inst, Dept Dermatol, Buffalo, NY 14263 USA
[2] Roswell Pk Canc Inst, Dept Pathol, Buffalo, NY 14263 USA
[3] NYU, Sch Med, Dept Otolaryngol Head & Neck Surg, New York, NY USA
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10.1046/j.1524-4725.2000.99129.x
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R75 [皮肤病学与性病学];
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BACKGROUND. Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is an aggressive cutaneous malignancy with a high incidence of occult nodal metastases. MCC is believed to be similar in natural history to thick or ulcerated melanomas in its propensity for locoregional recurrence and early lymph node metastasis. Studies have shown that nodal status is statistically correlated to survival in MCC. Radiolocalization and superselective lymph node biopsy is a recent technique that has been proven to be of great value in evaluating the status of occult lymph node disease in malignant melanoma and breast cancer patients. OBJECTIVE. In previously untreated patients, an orderly progression of metastases is observed for both cutaneous carcinomas and malignant melanomas and is anticipated for MCC. METHODS/RESULTS. We present two patients with MCC of the head and neck who underwent simultaneous Mohs micrographic surgery and sentinel lymph node biopsy with intraoperative radiolocalization. CONCLUSION. Sentinel lymph node biopsy and intraoperative lymphoscintigraphy may prove to be a useful technique in evaluating occult nodal involvement and in limiting the potentially unnecessary morbidity of more comprehensive lymph node dissections in MCC patients who do not yet have metastatic involvement.
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