title: [Positron emission tomography (PET) in diagnosis and therapy planning of malignant lymphoma].
abstract: The management of patients who have malignant lymphomas requires functional methods to differentiate residual soft tissue masses. Positron emission tomography (PET) was performed in patients with histologically proven malignant lymphomas prior to the onset of second-line chemotherapy to examine tumor viability. Twenty patients (68 malignant lesions and 3 benign lesions) with Hodgkin lymphomas (HL) as well as 26 patients (46 malignant lesions and 1 benign lesion) with non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHL) were studied with fluorine-18-deoxyglucose (FDG). Oxygen-15-labelled water was used in addition in 14 patients with 25 lesions to obtain information on the tissue perfusion. PET with FDG is highly sensitive for the detection of viable tumor tissue, all malignant lesions being correctly classified in this study. We noted no statistically significant difference in FDG metabolism for Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphomas. Even normal-sized lymph-node metastases (< 1 cm) were detected with PET and FDG. The possible limitations are inflammatory processes, which may obscure tumor detection because of the increased FDG uptake, as well as malignant lesions with low FDG uptake as a result of reduced perfusion. Comparison of tumor perfusion and FDG uptake showed a significant nonlinear correlation of r = 0.78 between the two parameters. Two patients with scar tissue and no evidence of malignancy were excluded from blood stem-cell support therapy as a result of the PET study. The data demonstrate that PET is a useful tool for making a diagnosis and deciding on therapy for malignant lymphomas.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Onkologische Diagnostik und Therapie, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Heidelberg.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dimitrakopoulou-Strauss
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Strauss
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Goldschmidt
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hegenbart
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Irngartinger
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Oberdorfer
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: van Kaick
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D018365:Neoplasm, Residual / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D003847:Deoxyglucose
vernacular_title: Die Positronenemissionstomographie (PET) bei der Diagnostik und Therapieplanung von malignen Lymphomen.