[The value of integrated PET-CT images in 2 lymphoma patients with skeletal localisations]

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2006 Jan 28;150(4):204-9.
[Article in Dutch]

Abstract

In two women with Hodgkin's disease, 36 and 34 years of age, the PET-scan showed increased FDG-uptake in regions where the CT-scan did not reveal any abnormalities. Integration of the PET-CT images visualised bone marrow localisations in both patients. One patient underwent a CT-guided bone biopsy that confirmed this localisation. In both cases, the results of the integrated PET-CT images altered the therapy that would have been given on the basis ofthe standard staging technique. Both patients underwent radiotherapy. After 6 months, one patient had no visible lesions. The other patient died due to progression ofthe disease. Integrated PET-CT images can play an important role, not only in the precise classification and staging of lymphoma but also at the start of therapy, as an initial scan, in the evaluation of the response to treatment, and in the early detection of recurrence.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Disease Progression
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Hodgkin Disease / diagnosis*
  • Hodgkin Disease / radiotherapy
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Neoplasm Staging / methods*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography / methods*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18