Computed tomography, lymphography, and staging laparotomy: correlations in initial staging of Hodgkin disease

Journal Article · Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1984 · AJR, Am. J. Roentgenol.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.143.1.37· OSTI ID:6603920

Castellino, R A; Hoppe, R T; Blank, N; Young, S W; Neumann, C; Rosenberg, S A; Kaplan, H S

One hundred twenty-one patients with newly diagnosed, previously untreated Hodgkin disease underwent abdominal and pelvic computed tomographic (CT) scanning and bipedal lymphography. These studies were followed by staging laparotomy, which included biopsy of the liver, retroperitoneal and mesenteric lymph nodes, and splenectomy. Correlation of the results of the imaging studies with the histopathologic diagnoses revealed a small - but significant - increased accuracy of lymphography compared with CT in assessing the retroperitoneal lymph nodes. The theoretical advantages of CT scanning in detecting lymphomatous deposits in lymph nodes about the celiac axis and the mesentery, or in the liver and spleen, were not confirmed.

• Research Organization: Stanford Univ. School of Medicine, CA
• OSTI ID: 6603920
• Journal Information: AJR, Am. J. Roentgenol.; (United States), Vol. 143
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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