Table 1.

Potential reasons for false-positive findings on post-therapy positron emission tomography (PET) Hodgkin lymphoma.

  • Rebound thy mic hyperplasia in young patients (< 40 years)

  • Post-therapy inflammatory changes (early post-chemotherapy; up to at least 2–3 months after radiotherapy/ chemoradiotherapy)

  • Infectious or inflammatory processes (e.g., sarcoid)

  • Brown fat (PET/CT will help in interpretation)

 

  • Rebound thy mic hyperplasia in young patients (< 40 years)

  • Post-therapy inflammatory changes (early post-chemotherapy; up to at least 2–3 months after radiotherapy/ chemoradiotherapy)

  • Infectious or inflammatory processes (e.g., sarcoid)

  • Brown fat (PET/CT will help in interpretation)

 
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