title: Staging laparotomy in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
abstract: In 57 patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a clinical, radiographic, scintigraphic and pathological correlative study showed the following results: (1) the inferior venacavagram, lymphangiogram and gallium-67 scan have a low sensitivity in detecting lymphoma: their accuracy is high when the findings are interpreted as abnormal (93%, 83% and 80% respectively), but low when they are interpreted as normal (47%, 67% and 58% respectively); (2) the clinical evaluation of spleen and liver is unreliable; (3) the incidence of lymphocytic lymphoma in the para-aortic-iliac nodes is high; (4) a pattern of involvement by contiguity and a predilection for the spleen were observed in lymphocytic lymphoma; (5) in lymphocytic lymphoma there is no liver involve without concomitant splenic involvement; (6) no definite pattern of spread could be seen in histiocytic lymphoma; (7) surgical staging changed the classification of the lymphoma in 56% of cases, 46% being reclassified to a more advanced stage; (8) surgical staging significantly improves the assessment of the stage of disease and therefore permits accurate treatment planning.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001855:Bone Marrow Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008220:Lymphography; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000473:pathology; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes