PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Azizi, Louisa
AU  - Marsot-Dupuch, Kathlyn
AU  - Bigel, Pascal
AU  - Mzali, Samy
AU  - Meyer, Bernard
AU  - Tubiana, Jean Michel
TI  - Merkel Cell Carcinoma: A Rare Cause of Hypervascular Nasal Tumor
DP  - 2001 Aug 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 1389--1393
VI  - 22
IP  - 7
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/22/7/1389.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/22/7/1389.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2001 Aug 01; 22
AB  - Summary: Cutaneous neuroendocrine carcinoma, first described in 1972, is an aggressive disease usually occurring in sun-exposed skin. Other sites have been described, however; such tumors occasionally occur within the nasal fossa. A high rate of metastasis (>30%) explains the poor prognosis. Descriptions of the imaging features of these tumors, mainly located in cutaneous region, are rare. We therefore present the imaging features of two cases of Merkel cell carcinoma involving the sinonasal region, suggestive of a hypervascular tumor.