Scintigraphic methods in the diagnosis of M. Hodgkin

The authors examined 40 patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma suspected from the localization of the process in mediastinum. They used X-ray investigation, radioisotope lung perfusion, radiogold-colloid lymphography and 67Ga-citrate scintigraphy. They found that, when the disease was diagnosed, X-ray examinations including tomography and lung perfusion gave reliable information in only half the cases whereas the other two nuclear medical methods showed positive results in 88% and 82%, respectively. In the diagnosis of relapse, the yield of these former methods was substantially higher, between 82--90%.