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Pediatric Hodgkin's disease. I. Radiographic evaluation
Author(s) -
Parker Bruce R.,
Castellino Ronald A.,
Kaplan Henry S.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197605)37:5<2430::aid-cncr2820370536>3.0.co;2-k
Subject(s) - medicine , laparotomy , radiography , radiology , urinary system , disease , gastrointestinal tract , lung
The pretreatment roentgenographic evaluation of 105 consecutive patients less than 16 years of age with Hodgkin's disease was reviewed. The patients were divided into groups aged 1–10 years (37%) and 11–15 years (63%). All patients had chest roentgenograms, of which 36% were abnormal in the younger group and 77% abnormal in the older group. Full‐lung tomography was helpful only when the chest film was abnormal or equivocal. Foot lymphography was performed in 103 patients with 20% positive for Hodgkin's disease. Lymphographic–histologic correlation was 98% in the 62 patients undergoing laparotomy. Routine skeletal surveys, as well as examinations of the urinary tract and gastrointestinal tract, were not rewarding.