Figure 4.
![Figure 4. Patient with Hodgkin’s lympoma, nodular sclerosis, stage IIB based on conventional imaging modalities (computed tomography [CT] and iliac crest biopsy). / Positron emission tomography (PET) also showed increased fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake in the lumbar spine suspected for bone involvement (A) upgrading this patient to stage IVB. PET after 4 cycles of ABVD (Adriamycin®, bleomycin, vinblastine, dacarbazine), (B) only showed increased FDG uptake in bone marrow secondary to marrow regeneration. The hot spot in the spine has become cold representing replacement of the bone marrow by nonviable tumor tissue.](https://ash.silverchair-cdn.com/ash/content_public/journal/hematology/2004/1/10.1182_asheducation-2004.1.184/4/meyer_fig4.jpeg?Expires=1723191980&Signature=HEQx4ZVx24JY0844e97N6cgUzjaSquQ~eiXr3d2~jcf8PkAf4m0zZI4Le9ujShFcSlCY0AjWoGuvFKGLaW9VXRE4lbEg6KKfT3MHGuPMgRcKcPYCKDkLN7cPtJcjXOVshwaUJICFHbFox2MB9diU74wuEHLcA5LkqQNRgyRxHnz8Zlpwxw8d1MYLw9KIdvmLONUGK~oP3Bi1T0009XcYHGpoVrrnqdLm1sd~GO95gxTqlK4nHMeo8n7iZiz5KNvFtfw7Rq8lHI~aP~2a1TNCI1G8-tHt~umJYtzxIPHjLntymyWrDoOFISYQw6K6QztgTjJn5PNwUYALbFWbrgFzag__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIE5G5CRDK6RD3PGA)
Patient with Hodgkin’s lympoma, nodular sclerosis, stage IIB based on conventional imaging modalities (computed tomography [CT] and iliac crest biopsy).
Positron emission tomography (PET) also showed increased fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake in the lumbar spine suspected for bone involvement (A) upgrading this patient to stage IVB. PET after 4 cycles of ABVD (Adriamycin®, bleomycin, vinblastine, dacarbazine), (B) only showed increased FDG uptake in bone marrow secondary to marrow regeneration. The hot spot in the spine has become cold representing replacement of the bone marrow by nonviable tumor tissue.
