Advantages of Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Over Conventional Computed Tomography in Evaluation of Lymphoma
NeuroQuantology
; 20(6):990-1001, 2022.
Article
in English
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-1979729
ABSTRACT
Background:
Lymphoma is one of the most common primary malignancies of the hematopoietic system. Lymphoid neoplasms are classified into Hodgkin’s and Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma accounts for about 5% of all cases of malignancies, It is less predictable than Hodgkin lymphoma and more liable for extra-nodal spread. Males are slightly more affected than females with higher incidence in white population. B-cell lymphomas have higher incidence in adults while T-cell lymphomas have higher incidence in children. With many imaging modalities that can describe the morphological changes in lymph nodes, it’s almost exclusive for the PET/CT to describe the biological changes in those lymph nodes through their uptake of FDG which has a great value in determining whether those lymph nodes are affected or not, which in turn will play an important role in treatment & management plan. What gives PET/CT scan the upper hand is that it acts on the biological level of the cells which permit early discovering of the affected lymph nodes, much earlier than standard C.T or MRI scan.
computed tomography scanner; nuclear magnetic resonance scanner; PET-CT scanner; adenovirus vaccine; fluorodeoxyglucose f 18; gallium 67; SARS-CoV-2 vaccine; article; B cell lymphoma; bone scintiscanning; Burkitt lymphoma; cancer grading; cancer growth; cancer patient; cancer staging; clinical evaluation; comparative study; computer assisted tomography; disease severity; follicular lymphoma; follow up; health care surveillance; Hodgkin disease; human; image analysis; lymph node; lymphadenopathy; lymphoma; management; nonhodgkin lymphoma; nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; nuclear medicine; outcome assessment; positron emission tomography-computed tomography; radiodiagnosis; radiography; splenic lymphoma; treatment planning; treatment response
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Language:
English
Journal:
NeuroQuantology
Year:
2022
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