… results of the 75 patients affected by Merkel cell carcinoma reported in the present study. …
, lymph node; Neg, negative; Pos, positive; SLN, sentinel lymph node; SLNB, sentinel lymph …

… Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare tumour of the skin of … In patients with regional lymph
node involvement radical … We also searched for existing guidelines on Merkel cell carcinoma …

… has become part of an important armamentarium in the diagnosis of … Metastatic lymph nodes
of Merkel cell carcinoma patients … , ultrasonography of the regional lymph nodes is obtained …

… patient's skin must be examined and regional lymph nodes … lymph nodes on diagnosis
predicted survival (0 nodes, 76% … in this part of the body, where the potentially affected nodes are …

… of regional lymph nodes with sentinel lymph node biopsy (… Their mean age at diagnosis
was 69·8 ± 12 years, in 21 men … In this subset of patients, the cumulative review did not …

… showed a high incidence of future regional lymph node … local and regional radiotherapy
provided at the time of diagnosis, … to the regional lymph nodes as part of their original treatment …

… (US) of lymph nodes (LNs) was performed in 75 patients with Merkel cell … An
ultrasonography–cytology protocol for the diagnostic management of regional nodes in a subset of …

… nodes and metastatic melanoma 5, 6 but also in other tumors and neoplasms such as Merkel
cell carcinomas 7 , … They concluded that FNA should form part of the clinical examination of …

… away from the primary site to the regional lymph nodes. … such as Merkel cell carcinoma
(MCC), eccrine cell carcinoma, … in a smaller subset of all patients, limiting inappropriate upstaging…

… pathologies including Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC). … squamous cell carcinoma in an
intraparotid lymph node (x). The … Patients routinely undergo staging on diagnosis of regional …