DEGREE OF ASSOCIATION BETWEEN FLUDEOXYGLUCOSE UPTAKE IN PALATINE TONSILS IN PET SCAN AND HISTOPATHOLOGIC EXAMINATION IN FOLLOW UP CASES OF NON-HODGKIN’S LYMPHOMA AND HODGKIN’S LYMPHOMA
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2019, Vol 8, Issue 16
Abstract
BACKGROUND Lymphomas are heterogeneous group of malignancies that has distinct biological behaviour. FDG-PET is the investigation of choice used to stage and restage lymphoma patients. False-positive results are possible, because of infection, inflammation, hypermetabolic brown fat surrounding lymph nodes or reactive process producing strong 18F-FDG uptake. In these cases, and not uncommonly after chemotherapy, reactive enlargement of the lymph nodes, tonsils, and thymus gland can be detected. METHODS Prospective study of 30 follow up patients who underwent chemotherapy for lymphoma showing FDG uptake with standardized uptake value max of 5.0 and above on PET scan in palatine tonsil. RESULTS In our study, we found that association between FDG uptake on PET scan and relapse on histopathological examination was not significant at p value of 0.084. CONCLUSIONS We found no significant relationship between increase in FDG uptake on PET scan and relapse, in palatine tonsils, in follow up cases of lymphoma, following histopathology results.
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Sanajeet K Singh, Sameer Sameul, Devender K Gupta, Ravi Roy, Rajeev Chugh, Sunil Goyal, Sandeep Dhaka, Kirti Sangwan
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