TY - JOUR AU - Amber Goraya , AU - Abid Ali Qureshi , AU - Bushra Mohsin, AU - Saira Rehman, PY - 2019/06/24 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Whole Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in Staging and Follow up of Pediatric Patients with Lymphoma in a Tertiary Care Centre JF - Annals of King Edward Medical University JA - Annals KEMU VL - 25 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - 10.21649/akemu.v25i2.2863 UR - https://www.annalskemu.org/journal/index.php/annals/article/view/2863 SP - AB - <p><strong>Introduction&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </strong>Lymphoma&nbsp;is a malignancy&nbsp; that can involve the lymphatic system or arise as extra nodal disease. In children Whole body scanning for Lymphoma was mostly performed&nbsp; with positron emission tomography (PET) , nuclear medicine and with computed tomography (CT). Ionizing radiation characteristic was&nbsp; common in these imaging methods,&nbsp; Therefore other methods like Whole body MRI which was radiation free was used and is important in pediatric radiology.</p><p><strong>Objective</strong>: To determine the role of Whole body MRI in staging and follow up of pediatric patients with lymphoma.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A 6-month Retrospective study was conducted on 71 patients who underwent Whole body MRI for Lymphoma (from October 2016 to March 2017) in the Radiology Department of The Children’s Hospital&nbsp; Lahore. Studies were performed at 1.5T Philips Medical system. Coronol T1W,STIR and, DWI sequences acquired and reconstructed with Mobiview technique.</p><p><strong>Results</strong>: Out of 71 patients, 62(87.3%) were biopsy proven Hodgkin disease and 9 (12.7%) were Non Hodgkin Lymphoma. Out of 46 patients for follow up of HD, 42 (59.25%) had complete resolution on end of treatment WBMRI, 2(2.8%)&nbsp; had no response to treatment, and 2&nbsp; had progressive disease. Among 7 patients who were followed up for NHL, 4 (5.6%) had complete resolution, 2(2.8%) had no response to treatment and 1 (1.4%) had progressive disease.</p><p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> Whole body MRI had been successfully used as a radiation free modality in management of lymphoma for staging and assessment of treatment response.</p> ER -