Is it sufficient to evaluate bone marrow involvement in newly diagnosed lymphomas using 18F-FDG PET/CT and/or routine iliac crest biopsy? A new approach of PET/CT-guided targeted bone marrow biopsy

Table 4 ¹⁸F-FDG avidity of Indolent lymphomas

Indolent lymphomas subtype	N	¹⁸F-FDG-avid	Negative	%¹⁸F-FDG-avid	Focal/Diffuse/Negative bone lesions
Follicular	24	20	4	83.3	2/4/18
Marginal zone	10	9	1	90	1/6/3
MALT	9	6	3	66.7	0/0/9
SLL/CLL	12	9	3	75	2/4/6
Mantle cell	13	13	0	100	0/3/10

Abbreviations: MALT Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue, SLL/CLL Small lymphocytic lymphoma/chronic lymphocytic leukemia

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