Granulomatosis after autologous stem cell transplantation in nonHodgkin lymphoma - experience of single institution and a review of literature.
Radiol Oncol
; 50(4): 355-359, 2016 Dec 01.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Sarcoidosis before and after treatment of malignancy is an important differential diagnosis that has to be distinguished from lymphoma. PATIENTS ANDMETHODS:
Hodgkin lymphoma, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and aggressive follicular lymphoma are being staged and treatment effect is evaluated with PET-CT. We report three cases of aggressive lymphoma after high dose therapy and autologous stem cell transplantation with positive lymph nodes on PET-CT, which were histologically diagnosed as sarcoidosis/granulomatosis. In the literature, we found that false positive lymph nodes were more common after allogeneic than after autologous transplantation.CONCLUSIONS:
Post-treatment PET-CT positive lymph nodes should always be examined histologically prior to any further treatment decision to avoid unnecessary toxic procedures.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Language:
En
Journal:
Radiol Oncol
Year:
2016
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Article
Affiliation country:
Slovenia