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Clinical utility of 18F FDG-PET/CT in the detection of bone marrow disease in Hodgkin's lymphoma.
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PMID:  22215887     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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Objective: The aim of the study is to evaluate the potential role of fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET)/CT in the detection of bone/bone marrow disease in patients with Hodgkin's Lymphoma (HL).Methods: We retrospectively reviewedfluorine-18 ((18)F)-FDG-PET/CT scans of 122 newly diagnosed, biopsy proven cases of HL performed between November 2009 and June 2010. All the patients were staged before treatment by both PET/CT and bone marrow biopsy (BMB). Patients were sub-divided into three groups based on the findings of FDG-PET/CT. Group A consisted of patients showing diffuse FDG uptake, Group B consisted of patients showing unifocal FDG uptake and Group C patients showed multifocal FDG-avid foci on PET/CT scans. Bone marrow results were also reviewed and considered positive if lymphomatous involvement was detected on bone marrow trephine biopsy. BMB results were correlated with FDG-PET/CT findings.Results: There were 122 patients in total-81 (66.4%) were male and 41 (33.6%) were female. The age range was from 6 years to 78 years (mean 35.70 years). PET/CT was reported as negative for bone/bone marrow involvement in 85 (69.7%) patients, while the remaining 37 showed abnormal FDG uptake. The sensitivity of FDG-PET/CT was calculated to be 100%, the specificity was 76.57%, the negative predictive value was 76.57%, the positive predictive value was 29.72% and the diagnostic accuracy was 78.62%.Conclusion: (18)F-FDG-PET/CT and BMB are complementary in the evaluation of bone marrow disease.
Authors:
S Muzahir; M Mian; I Munir; M Khalid Nawaz; Z Salman Faruqui; K Aftab Mufti; H Bashir; N Uddin; N Siddiqui; A Ur Rehman Maaz; M Tariq Mahmood
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2012-1-3
Journal Detail:
Title:  The British journal of radiology     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1748-880X     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2012 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-1-4     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0373125     Medline TA:  Br J Radiol     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Center, Lahore, Pakistan.
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