Journal of International Oncology››2016,Vol. 43››Issue (5): 395-397.doi:10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-422X.2016.05.020

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Diagnosis and prognosis evaluation of 18FFDG PET/CT in bone marrow infiltration of lymphoma

Yue Jin, Su Liping

  1. Graduate School, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China
  • Online:2016-05-08Published:2016-04-07
  • Contact:Su Liping E-mail:sulp2005@sohu.com

Abstract:18Ffluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18FFDG PET/CT) and bone marrow biopsy (BMB) have high consistency in the detection of lymphoma bone marrow infiltration (BMI). 18FFDG PET/CT has a high sensitivity to Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) and aggressive nonHodgkin lymphoma (NHL) BMI, while the sensitivity of indolent NHL is low. Since 18FFDG PET/CT may appears false positive or false negative, so it can not replace the conventional BMB. We can carry out a BMB under the guidance of 18FFDG PET/CT, which can greatly improve the detection rate of BMI.

Key words:Lymphoma,Bone marrow,Biopsy,Fluorodeoxyglucose F18,Tomography, spiral computed;,Prognosis