¹⁸F-FDG-PET/CT for detection of extramedullary acute myeloid leukemia.

ABSTRACT: Myeloid sarcoma in acute myeloid leukemia has been clearly defined by the World Health Organization but studies regarding the prevalence and the prognostic impact of extramedullary acute myeloid leukemia have not been conducted. We performed (18)Fluoro-deoxy-Glucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography scans in 10 patients with de novo and relapsed acute myeloid leukemia and histologically proven extramedullary disease. The scans were able to detect the known extramedullary lesions in 9 out of 10 patients (90%). Furthermore, additional extramedullary sites were detected in 6 patients (60%). Thus, it is possible to identify known and clinically undetectable extramedullary manifestations of acute myeloid leukemia. Since most of these patients relapsed within a short period of tim

SUBMITTER: Stolzel F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3186319 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature