European radiology
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Whole-body MRI for the detection of bone marrow involvement in lymphoma: prospective study in 116 patients and comparison with FDG-PET.
To assess and compare the value of whole-body MRI with FDG-PET for detecting bone marrow involvement in lymphoma. ⋯ • Bone marrow involvement in lymphoma has prognostic and therapeutic implications. • Blind bone marrow biopsy (BMB) is standard for bone marrow assessment. • Neither whole-body MRI nor FDG-PET can yet replace BMB. • Both techniques have higher sensitivity in aggressive than in indolent lymphoma. • Both imaging techniques are complementary to BMB.