Value of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound and PET/CT in assessment of extramedullary lymphoma

Publication date: Available online 24 December 2017
Source:European Journal of Radiology
Author(s): Wenbin Jiang, Hongwei Xue, Qinqin Wang, Xiaojuan Zhang, Zhenguang Wang, Cheng Zhao
ObjectiveThe aim of the study was to evaluate clinical value of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) and PET/CT for assessment of extramedullary lymphoma, using histopathology as reference standard.MethodA total of 63 patients with histopathologically-confirmed extramedullary lymphoma who had underwent CEUS and PET/CT examinations of suspicious lymph nodes included in the study. CEUS patterns and parameters (arrival time, peak time and intensity, base intensity, area under the time-intensity curve, ascending and descending slopes) and PET/CT parameters including maximum standardized uptake value, mean standardized uptake value, and metabolic tumor volume (MTV) were evaluated. Patients were classified into Hodgkin lymphomas (HL), non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHL), early (stage I and II) and advanced (stage III and IV) lymphoma, B cells and T cells lymphoma, and aggressive and indolent lymphoma. The differences between the two independent samples were compared using non-parametric rank and inspection, p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. The optimal cut-off value for parameters was used to predict the staging andpathology using Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve analysis.ResultIn the early and advanced group, the differences between △T and ascending slope (AS) were statistically significant (p = 0.010,0.024 < 0.05). Hodgkin lymphomas (HL) or non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHL) results were determined by optimal cut-off value of AT and TP (p = 0.001,0.001 < 0.05). Aggressive or indolent lymphoma were determined by optimal cut-off values of Color Doppler flow resistance index (P = 0.000 < 0.05) and SUVmax (p = 0.001 < 0.05).There was no statistically significant difference between B and T cell lymphoma. And there was no statistically significant difference among the qualitative indexes. The optimal cutoff value for statistically significant indicators was calculated by ROC.ConclusionThe quantitative parameters of CEUS and SUVmax of PET/CT are proven useful in assessment of different clinical and pathologic patterns of extramedullary lymphoma.



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