2006, Number 2
Lymphomas, new classification and treatment. Incidence of lesions in the Hospital San José from 1990 to 2004. Clinical-radiological correlation.
Cano MI, Escobar PA, Isassi CA, Treviño M, Vázquez NJ
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ABSTRACT
Introduction: Lymphomas are a variety of malignant lesions that differ according to its genetic findings, clinical presentation, therapeutic management and presentation. As years go by, new therapies with better results have been accomplished, such as rituximab, as well as new chemotherapies using bleomicine, etopsoside, doxorubicine, ciclofosfamide, vincristine, procarbazide and prednisone.Objective: To acknowledge the incidence of lymphomas, their pathological lineage, their previous and actual classification, as well as the modification in their therapeutic strategies
Material and methods: 167 patients were selected, 101 males and 66 females with diagnosis of lymphoma studied and treated in the Hospital San José Tec de Monterrey from 1990 to 2005.
Results: The higher incidence was shown between the 6th and 7th life decade with 31 and 27 cases, respectively. The greater statistical volume matched with Non-Hodgking lymphomas with 92 patients. The main affections were ganglionar growth, mediastine, retroperitoneum and inguinal regions.
Conclusions: The evolution of lymphoma tumoral activity diagnosis, the advent of Computed Tomography and nuclear medicine, its combination with PET-CT method allow to identify small lesions with tumoral activity, by radioisotope-collecting such as F18 at the expense of dextrose aggregates that allow to identify tumoral activity, even in small lesions.
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