Pediatric Hodgkin's disease. I. Radiographic evaluation.
The pretreatment roentgenographic evaluation of 105 consecutive patients less than 16 years of age with Hodgkin's disease was reviewed. The patients were divided into groups aged 1-10 years (37%) and 11-15 years (63%). All patients had chest roentgenograms, of which 36% were abnormal in the younger group and 77% abnormal in the older group. Full-lung tomography was helpful only when the chest film was abnormal or equivocal. Foot lymphography was performed in 103 patients with 20% positive for Hodgkin's disease. Lymphographic-histologic correlation was 98% in the 62 patients undergoing laparotomy. Routine skeletal surveys, as well as examinations of the urinary tract and gastrointestinal tract, were not rewarding.
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008220:Lymphography; D008297:Male; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray