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. 1984 May;49(5):621–629. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1984.97

The role of computed tomography in the detection of intrathoracic lymphoma.

C J Gallagher, F E White, A K Tucker, I K Fry, J S Malpas, T A Lister
PMCID: PMC1976720  PMID: 6722010

Abstract

Computed tomographic scanning of the chest in 100 patients with newly diagnosed malignant lymphoma detected mediastinal lymphadenopathy (39%) and parenchymal deposits (15%) with a significantly greater sensitivity and specificity than conventional radiological techniques. This principally affected the staging and treatment of patients with limited stage disease. The stage was changed in 10/61 patients (16%) with Stages I-III prior to CT scan and treatment was altered in 11/29 (38%) patients for whom radiation was the treatment of choice. Complete remissions as defined by CT scan have been more durable than those defined by CXR alone.

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