Lymphoma, An Issue of PET Clinics

Ora Israel

Table of contents :
Cover
……Page 1
Preface……Page 2
Historical Overview and Current State of Art in Diagnosis and Treatment of Hodgkin’s and Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma……Page 4
Evolution of lymphoma therapies……Page 6
Follicular lymphoma……Page 9
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma……Page 11
Hodgkin’s lymphoma……Page 12
References……Page 13
Hodgkin’s disease……Page 19
Imaging techniques……Page 20
Neck……Page 21
Thymus……Page 22
Chest wall……Page 23
Gastrointestinal tract……Page 24
Kidneys……Page 25
Genitourinary system……Page 26
Central nervous system……Page 27
Summary……Page 28
References……Page 29
Normal and Abnormal Patterns of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT in Lymphoma……Page 31
18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT in posttherapy assessment of lymphoma……Page 32
18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT regional anatomy for assessment of lymphoma……Page 37
Summary……Page 39
References……Page 40
PET and PET/CT in Management of the Lymphomas……Page 43
F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT at initial staging of lymphoma……Page 44
Response to treatment and prognosis evaluated with PET and PET/CT……Page 45
Incremental role of PET/CT in assessment of lymphoma……Page 47
References……Page 49
Fluorine-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT Patterns of Extranodal Involvement in Patients with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and Hodgkin’s Disease……Page 51
Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT innbspmarginal zone lymphomas……Page 52
Lymphoma of the gastrointestinal tract andnbspabdominal and pelvic organs……Page 53
Lymphoma of the head and neck……Page 57
Lymphoma in the region of the thorax……Page 58
Lymphoma involving the nervous system……Page 59
Summary……Page 60
References……Page 61
18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT in Childhood Lymphoma……Page 64
Contemporary staging of pediatric Hodgkin’s disease……Page 65
Contemporary staging of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma……Page 66
Scanning environment……Page 67
Intravenous access……Page 68
18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-avid mimickers of active disease in pediatric lymphomas……Page 69
Integration of PET/CT imaging in radiotherapy planning……Page 70
References……Page 71
Molecular targets for PET imaging……Page 73
3prime-18F-thymidine……Page 74
Somatostatin receptor ligands……Page 75
Proliferation imaging with 3prime-18F-thymidine……Page 76
Somatostatin receptor imaging……Page 77
Summary……Page 78
References……Page 79