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. 2021 Oct 6;24(3):482–491. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noab234

Table 4.

Comparison of Contrast-Enhanced Chest/Abdomen/Pelvis CT and Whole-Body PET/CT for Detection of Extracranial Lymphoma Involvement in Patients With a Positive Diagnosis of Primary CNS DLBCL

Outcome Contrast-Enhanced Chest/Abdomen/Pelvis CT
(n = 920)
Whole-Body PET/CT
(n = 854)
Both Contrast-Enhanced Chest/Abdomen/Pelvis CT and whole-body PET/CT (n = 733) P valuea P valueb P valuec
True-positive 26 of 920
(2.8%; 95% CI, 1.9–4.1%)
26 of 854
(3.0%; 95% CI, 2.0–4.4%)
25 of 733
(3.4%; 95% CI, 2.2–5.0%)
.802 .482 .651
False-positive 49 of 920
(5.3%; 95% CI, 4.0–7.0%)
57 of 854
(6.7%; 95% CI, 5.1–8.6%)
46 of 733
(6.3%; 95% CI, 4.6–8.3%)
.214 .386 .748
Patients >61 years old
 True-positive 20 of 455
(4.4%; 95% CI, 2.7–6.7%)
21 of 435
(4.8%; 95% CI, 3.0–7.3%)
20 of 367
(5.5%; 95% CI, 3.4–8.3%)
.776 .468 .654
 False-positive 25 of 455
(5.5%; 95% CI, 3.6–8.0%)
27 of 435
(6.2%; 95% CI, 4.1–8.9%)
25 of 367
(6.8%; 95% CI, 4.5–9.9%)
.656 .438 .731
Patients ≤61 years old
 True-positive 6 of 465
(1.3%; 95% CI, 0.5–2.8%)
5 of 419
(1.2%; 95% CI, 0.4–2.8%)
5 of 366
(1.4%; 95% CI, 0.5–3.2%)
.894 .901 .805
 False-positive 24 of 465
(5.2%; 95% CI, 3.3–7.6%)
30 of 419
(7.2%; 95% CI, 4.9–10.1%)
21 of 366
(5.7%; 95% CI, 3.6–8.6%)
.217 .752 .395

Abbreviations: CNS, central nervous system; CT, computed tomography; DLBCL, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; PET, positron emission tomography; SD, standard deviation.

a P values between CT and PET/CT.

b P values between CT and both CT and PET/CT.

c P values between PET/CT and both CT and PET/CT.