Pre-treatment the lymphoma was gallium avid. No pathologic lymphadenopathy by size criteria was appreciated.
Findings are consistent with residual lymphoma.
Discussion Malignant Lymphoma Malignant lymphomas arise form neoplastic transformation of lymphoid cells in lymph nodes, spleen or thymus gland. The incidence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma increases linearly with age. In both age groups males predominate unlike non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in which there is no sex predilection. Multifocal, hematogenously disseminated disease with abdominal lymph node and bone marrow involvement is common. The presence of Reed-Sternberg cells is required for diagnosis.