Limitations of the post-lymphangiogram plain abdominal radiograph as an indicator of recurrent lymphoma: comparison to computed tomography.
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology
- Vol. 134 (1) , 155-158
- https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.134.1.7350596
Abstract
A comparison was made between post-lymphangiogram abdominal radiographs and computed tomographic (CT) scans in 18 lymphoma patients. When radiographs were obtained more than 1 yr after the original lymphangiogram, only a small percentage of the patients had adequate contrast medium remaining in the lymph nodes for a definitive diagnosis. In 3 cases with apparently adequate residual contrast material, the radiograph did not provide accurate information on the presence or extent of recurrent lymphoma. CT is the preferred method for the initial staging of patients with lymphoma and for follow-up studies after 1 yr.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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