title: The diagnostic accuracy of lymphography in Hodgkin's disease (author's transl).
abstract: Between 1972 and 1975, exploratory laparotomies were carried out on 52 otherwise untreated patients with histologically verified Hodgkin's disease in stages I, II and III following lymphography. 84% of patients with negative lymphograms had histologically normal lymph nodes. 16% of negative lymphograms were shown to have to have histologically positive lymph nodes. Two out of eight patients diagnosed as positive on lymphography (25%) proved to be false positives caused by extensive lymph node involution. The diagnostic accuracy lymphography was therefore 83%. Surgical exploration was of value only in histologically positive cases. Post-operative control by means of lymphanigiography is essential for the evaluation of the course of Hodgkin's disease.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008220:Lymphography; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Die diagnostische Zuverlässigkeit der lymphographie beim Morbus Hodgkin