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ArticleNuclear medicine and molecular imaging2012

Usefulness of (18)F-FDG PET/CT for the Evaluation of Bone Marrow Involvement in Patients with High-Grade Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

Yukyung Lee, Kyung Hoon Hwang, Junshik Hong, Jinny Park, Jae Hoon Lee, Jeong Yeal Ahn, Ji Hyun Kim, Haejun Lee, Seog Gyun Kim, Ji Young Shin

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10 authors at 1 institution.

Yukyung LeeDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
Kyung Hoon HwangDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
Junshik HongDepartment of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
Jinny ParkDepartment of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
Jae Hoon LeeDepartment of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
Jeong Yeal AhnDepartment of laboratory Medicine, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
Ji Hyun KimDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
Haejun LeeDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
Seog Gyun KimDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
Ji Young ShinDepartment of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Incheon, Republic of Korea.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo assess the usefulness of (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT in the detection of bone marrow (BM) involvement of high-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL).

methodsOne hundred twenty patients with newly diagnosed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma or peripheral T-cell lymphoma between January 2007 and June 2011, who received BM trephine biopsy and (18)F-FDG PET/CT before chemotherapy, were included in this retrospective study. We reviewed their (18)F-FDG PET/CT images and bone marrow biopsy (BMB) results. After reviewing the images, we reviewed the medical records and radiological findings of interesting patients.

resultsThere were 23 (18)F-FDG PET/CT scans in which the marrow was considered to be abnormal (either positive or equivocal), and 97 (18)F-FDG PET/CT scans were regarded as having negative FDG uptake. Of 120 patients, 100 (83.3 %) had a concordant result of BM interpretation between (18)F-FDG PET/CT and BMB, and the remaining 20 patients had discordant results. Among 23 patients with either positive or equivocal (18)F-FDG PET/CT scans, 1 of 12 patients with 'positive' (18)F-FDG PET/CT had a lymphomatous involvement on BMB. In contrast, 10 of 11 patients with 'equivocal' BM hypermetabolism were reported as having positive involvement by BMB. Patients with abnormal (18)F-FDG PET/CT had significantly higher mSUVhighest than those with normal FDG-PET/CT.

conclusions(18)F-FDG PET/CT and BMB are complementary techniques in assessing the presence of BM involvement in patients with high-grade NHL. The increasing availability of (18)F-FDG PET/CT will raise the need for additional biopsy for FDG-avid lesions, especially in patients with negative standard BMBs. (18)F-FDG PET/CT can be useful as a decision-making tool for determining whether to perform a standard BMB or targeted biopsy to the FDG-avid lesion as an initial staging procedure. A direct bone biopsy for FDGpositive bone lesions should be included in staging guidelines in future. In (18)F-FDG PET/CT-negative cases, BMB is still a powerful procedure, but BMB alone is insufficient for full evaluation of BM.

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18F-FDG PET/CTBone marrowLymphoma

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