Haematologica (Jan 2008)

18-F FDG-PET in the staging of lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin’s disease

  • Catherine Ansquer,
  • Thomas Hervouët,
  • Anne Devillers,
  • Sophie de Guibert,
  • Thomas Gastinne,
  • Steven Le Gouill,
  • Etienne Garin,
  • Anne Moreau,
  • Françoise Kraeber-Bodéré,
  • Thierry Lamy

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3324/haematol.11661
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 93, no. 1

Abstract

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This bicentric study assessed retrospectively the usefulness of 18 F-FDG-PET in the staging of 31 patients with lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin’s disease (LPHD). FDG-PET and conventional explorations (CE) were performed for initial disease (n=25) or recurrence (n= 6). All the 68 involved sites were detected by PET including 5 extra-nodal lesions. Only 43 nodal sites (68%) and one splenic focus were detected by CE. PET changed staging in 9 patients (7 upstaged, 2 downstaged) and radiation fields in 3 patients. These results showed the potential role of PET in the staging of LPHD.