1. Whole-body magnetic resonance for staging and response assessment of lymphoma in a pregnant woman treated with antenatal chemotherapy
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Domenico Albano, Donatella Narese, Antonino Mulè, Massimo Galia, Massimo Midiri, Caterina Patti, Albano, D., Patti, C., Narese, D., Mulè, A., Midiri, M., and Galia, M.
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Chemotherapy ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Fetus ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,Case Report ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,Surgery ,Lymphoma ,03 medical and health sciences ,Magnetic resonance imaging . Whole body imaging . Lymphoma . Pregnancy ,0302 clinical medicine ,Nodular sclerosis ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Biopsy ,medicine ,Itching ,medicine.symptom ,Stage (cooking) ,business - Abstract
A 32-year-old pregnant female presented with bilateral supraclavicular swelling, diffuse itching and right shoulder pain. After lymph nodal biopsy, a diagnosis of nodular sclerosis Hodgkin's lymphoma was obtained. A multidisciplinary team decided to start chemotherapy before the delivery, and whole-body MRI was used to stage the disease and evaluate the response after antenatal chemotherapy. This case shows that whole-body MRI is an attractive procedure that avoids radiation exposure and contrast administration, and enables staging and follow-up of a pregnant patient without risk to the fetus.
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- 2016