(18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography is more sensitive than computed tomography in initial staging of patients with an anaplastic T-cell lymphoma first presenting in the skin.

C. Ram-Wolff,Laetitia Vercellino,Pauline Brice,Roberta La Selva,Martine Bagot

(18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography is more sensitive than computed tomography in initial staging of patients with an anaplastic T-cell lymphoma first presenting in the skin.

2017

C. Ram-Wolff
Laetitia Vercellino
Pauline Brice
Roberta La Selva
Martine Bagot

Background The role of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) in the evaluation of anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (ALCL) first presenting in the skin is not well established, while computed tomography (CT) is used as a standard procedure.

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Medicine
Lymphoma
Pathology
Tomography
Anaplastic large-cell lymphoma
Positron emission tomography
Computed tomography
Radiology
Anaplastic T-Cell
Nuclear medicine
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Fluorodeoxyglucose
18 f fluorodeoxyglucose

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