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Mycosis fungoides CT scan
Introduction
Overview
Overview
CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of mycosis fungoides.CT scanning in MF patients evaluated information such as enlarged lymph node (LN) and metastatic involvement.
CT
CT
- CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of mycosis fungoides.[1]
- The European Society for Medical Oncology 2013 guidelines advise a CT scan for all patients in 2013.[2]
- Maybe this findings observed in CT scan:[2]
- Nodules ( Pulmonary, breast, adrenal)
- New malignancy
- Active tuberculosis infection
- Thrombosis
- Chronic aortic dissection
References
References
- ↑ Cutaneous T cell lymphoma. Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results . http://seer.cancer.gov/seertools/hemelymph/51f6cf56e3e27c3994bd52f7/ Accessed on January 19, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Spencer, A.; Gazzani, P.; Gadvi, R.; Hughes, S.J.; Stevens, A.; Shah, F.; Scarisbrick, J. (2018). “Computed tomography scanning in mycosis fungoides: optimizing the balance between benefit and harm”. British Journal of Dermatology. 178 (2): 563–564. doi:10.1111/bjd.15657. ISSN 0007-0963.
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sogand Goudarzi, MD [2]