Published 1993 | Version v1
Journal article

Potentialities of comprehensive diagnosis in involvement of the mediastinal lymph nodes in lymphomas

  • 1. Akademiya Meditsinskikh Nauk SSSR, Moscow (Russian Federation). Onkologicheskij Nauchnyj Tsentr

Description

The authors present the results of comprehensive roentgenotomography, computer-tomographic and radionuclide (with 67Ga citrate) diagnosis of involvement of the mediastinal lymph nodes in 39 patients with verified diagnosis of lymphoma. The sensitivity of roentgenotomographic method was found to be 39%, of scintigraphy 65.5%, of computer-aided tomography 98%. These data permit the authors recommend the said complex of methods for the diagnosis of mediastinal lymph node involvement in patients with lymphoproliferative diseases

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Original title (Russian)
Возможности комплексной лучевой диагностики поражения лимфатических узлов средостения при лимфомах

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Meditsinskaya Radiologiya
Journal Volume
38
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
p. 13-16.
ISSN
0025-8334
CODEN
MERAA9