Rajaa Aziz Jabbar¹✉ and Riyadh Waheed AL. Esawi²
Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, University of Kufa, Iraq
Received: Oct 3, 2023/ Revised: Oct 29, 2023/Accepted: Oct 31, 2023
(✉) Corresponding Author: Rajaa Aziz Jabbar
Abstract
Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission’s significance in lymphoma is currently growing. Previous research and literature have shown that FDG-PET has a higher diagnostic and staging accuracy than CT-scan for lymphoma. FDG-PET still has a drawback in the anatomical localization of the pathology. This study’s goal is to evaluate the effectiveness of Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography (PET-CT) for the initial staging of lymphoma. This prospective study involved 100 patients (39 females and 61 males) with an age rate from 3 to 69 years old (average 38 years). All patients were referred for tomography–computed tomography–computed tomography PET-CT- scan which proved by biopsy as Lymphoma for initial staging with Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose–Positron Emission Tomography–Computed Tomography Scan. The median patient age 38 (range 3 – 69) years, Males dominant represented 61%. Among the studied group, 60 patients had Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), and the remaining 40% with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) The mean SUV values were significantly increased with the advancing stage, (P. value 0.008). ROC analysis revealed that SUV was a good predictor of an advanced stage of malignancy, at an optimal cutoff point of ≥ 3 (SUV).
Keywords: FDG-PET, Lymphoma, PET-CT, Initial staging, Standardized Uptake Value.
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How to cite this article
Jabbar, R. A., Al-Esawi, R. W. and Ghaith, R. F. (2023). The role of PET-CT-Scan in the initial staging of Lymphoma. Science Archives, Vol. 4(4), 286-290.
https://doi.org/10.47587/SA.2023.4407
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