Characteristics of T-and NK/T-cell lymphomas with different pathological subtypes on 18F-FDG PET/CT
10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-2848.2017.08.004
- VernacularTitle:不同病理亚型T和NK/T细胞淋巴瘤的18F-FDG PET/CT影像分析
- Author:
Yang WU
;
Hubing WU
;
Quanshi WANG
;
Wenlan ZHOU
;
Hongsheng LI
;
Ying TIAN
;
Ye DONG
- Keywords:
Lymphoma;
T-cell;
Natural killer T-cells;
Positron-emission tomography;
Tomography;
X-ray computed;
Deoxyglucose
- From:
Chinese Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
2017;37(8):464-469
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the imaging presentation of T-and NK/T-cell lymphomas with different pathology subtypes on 18F-FDG PET/CT.Methods A total of 95 patients (66 males, 29 females, average age 38.42 years) with T-and NK/T-cell lymphoma proved by pathology from June 2006 to February 2016 were retrospectively analyzed.18F-FDG uptake (SUVmax), nodal invasion, nodal distribution, extra-nodal involvement and staging were compared among 7 pathological subtypes of T-and NK/T-cell lymphomas.One-way analysis of variance, Fisher exact test and Kruskal-Wallis H test were used for data analysis.Results There were significant differences in terms of 18F-FDG uptake, nodal invasion, nodal distribution, extra-nodal involvement and staging among different pathological subtypes of T-and NK/T-cell lymphomas (F=2.937, P<0.05;Fisher exact test,all P<0.01;H=19.883, P<0.01).NK/T-cell lymphoma was found to be prone to invade the nasal cavity and nasopharynx, enteropathic type T-cell lymphoma was specific to the intestine, and subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma presented with subcutaneous infiltration.All those 3 subtypes were quite specific in their extra-nodal involvement.Most patients with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (ATCL), peripheral unspecified T-cell lymphoma (PUTCL) and T immunoblastic lymphoma (TIBL) presented as stage Ⅳ disease.Widespread lymph node disease associated with splenic, parotid and serous membrane involvement were often seen in ATCL patients (most commonly to involve the parotid glands and serous membrane among the 7 subtypes).Nodal involvement was found in PUTCL patients, but extranodal involvement was rather non-specific.TIBL had a non-specific pattern of nodal involvement with low 18F-FDG uptake, lower than ATCL and the other 5 subtypes.Anaplastic large cell lymphoma subtypes had the highest 18F-FDG uptake when compared with the other 6 subtypes, but were less often to manifest as stage Ⅳ disease despite their preponderance for marrow and nodal infiltration.Conclusion Different pathological subtypes of T-and NK/T-cell lymphoma manifest different imaging presentations on 18F-FDG PET/CT, which are useful for understanding their biological characteristics.
