title: [PET/CT Image Values in Clinical Staging of the Patients with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the PET/CT image value in clinical staging for the patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL).
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 142 cases of NHL in our hospital from May 2012 to February 2015 were enrolled in this study. The results of PET/CT staging and clinical staging were compared. The staging of simple intranodal NHL and extranodal NHL with or without lymphonode involvement was analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The clinical staging results of 142 NHL patients showed that 8 cases were observed in I stage, 34 cases were observed in II stage, 40 cases were observed in III stage, 60 cases were found in IV stage; the staging results of PET/CT showed that 6 cases were found in I stage, 36 cases were found in II stage, 44 cases were found in III stage, 56 cases were found in IV stage. The coincidence rate of PET/CT staging with clinical staging was 95.77% (136/142). Comparison of PET and CT staging for simple intranodal NHL indicated no statistical difference (P > 0.05), while the PET and CT staging results of extranodal NHL with or without lymphonode involvement were statistically significant different (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The PET/CT image can accurately detect the involved lymphnodes and can sensitively detect the involved extranodal lesions. PET/CT staging has high coincidence rate with clinical staging, thereby it can be used to guide the clinical treatment.
authors: Department of Radiology, The 363 Hospital of Chengdu, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China . E-mail: thc61810363@163.com.
authors: Han-Jun
authors: HJ
authors: Tang
mesh_terms: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18