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Non-Hodgkin lymphoma MRI

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Preeti Singh, M.B.B.S.[2]

Overview

Overview

MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

MRI

MRI

MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. [1]

Indications

  • If the lymphoma has spread to the brain and spinal cord.
  • If primary central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma is suspected.
  • If presence of lymphomatous meningitis, paraspinal lymphoma, or vertebral body involvement by lymphoma is suspected.
References

References

  1. Intragumtornchai T, Bunworasate U, Wudhikarn K, Lekhakula A, Julamanee J, Chansung K; et al. (2018). “Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in South East Asia: An analysis of the histopathology, clinical features, and survival from Thailand”. Hematol Oncol. 36 (1): 28–36. doi:10.1002/hon.2392. PMID 28332735.

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