Scintigraphic methods in the diagnosis of M. Hodgkin.
The authors examined 40 patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma suspected from the localization of the process in mediastinum. They used X-ray investigation, radioisotope lung perfusion, radiogold-colloid lymphography and 67Ga-citrate scintigraphy. They found that, when the disease was diagnosed, X-ray examinations including tomography and lung perfusion gave reliable information in only half the cases whereas the other two nuclear medical methods showed positive results in 88% and 82%, respectively. In the diagnosis of relapse, the yield of these former methods was substantially higher, between 82--90%.
D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006050:Gold Radioisotopes; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006050:Gold Radioisotopes