Department of Oncology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.
Clin Nucl Med. 2024 Oct 1;49(10):973-974. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000005283. Epub 2024 May 26.
Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is an uncommon highly aggressive cutaneous neuroendocrine neoplasm with high mortality. Rarer still is nasopharyngeal metastasis of MCC. Herein, we report the 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT findings of MCC with metastasis to the nasopharynx in a 53-year-old man who underwent surgery for MCC in his thigh 2 years ago.
默克尔细胞癌(Merkel cell carcinoma,MCC)是一种罕见的具有高度侵袭性的皮肤神经内分泌肿瘤,死亡率较高。更为罕见的是 MCC 发生鼻咽部转移。本文报道了 1 例 53 岁男性 MCC 患者,2 年前其大腿行 MCC 手术后,此次因鼻咽部转移行 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT 检查。