The role of computed tomography in the detection of intrathoracic lymphoma.

Computed tomographic scanning of the chest in 100 patients with newly diagnosed malignant lymphoma detected mediastinal lymphadenopathy (39%) and parenchymal deposits (15%) with a significantly greater sensitivity and specificity than conventional radiological techniques. This principally affected t...

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Autores principales: Gallagher, C. J., White, F. E., Tucker, A. K., Fry, I. K., Malpas, J. S., Lister, T. A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 1984
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1976720/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6722010
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Sumario:Computed tomographic scanning of the chest in 100 patients with newly diagnosed malignant lymphoma detected mediastinal lymphadenopathy (39%) and parenchymal deposits (15%) with a significantly greater sensitivity and specificity than conventional radiological techniques. This principally affected the staging and treatment of patients with limited stage disease. The stage was changed in 10/61 patients (16%) with Stages I-III prior to CT scan and treatment was altered in 11/29 (38%) patients for whom radiation was the treatment of choice. Complete remissions as defined by CT scan have been more durable than those defined by CXR alone. IMAGES:

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