PET/CT plays an important role in assessing response to therapy in patients undergoing treatment for Hodgkin’s lymphoma (HL). A negative PET/CT following completion of chemotherapy has a high negative predictive value (>95%) for disease progression, relapse, or recurrence. Thus treatment decisions, including the decision to pursue radiation therapy or to alter chemotherapy regimens, are often made based on PET/CT results. Given the treatment implications, obtaining accurate PET/CT results is of the utmost importance. Read More
Meeting name: SPR 2020 Annual Meeting & Postgraduate Course , 2020
Authors: Foust Alexandra, Voss Stephan
Keywords: Abnormal FDG uptake in white fat, gluconeogenesis, Hodgkin lymphoma therapy implications
Gastrojejunostomy (GJ) tubes play an essential role in the management of individuals with poor gastric function, chronic vomiting and respiratory problems. Small-bowel intussusception around the GJ tube is uncommon with reported incidence of ~16% (likely to be higher in younger patients and with the use of large bore tubes). Complications associated with GJ tube intussusceptions are typically sub-acute and resolve spontaneously, but in some instances can lead to more severe complications such as bowel obstruction, ischemia and perforation. Read More
Meeting name: SPR 2020 Annual Meeting & Postgraduate Course , 2020
Authors: Ghouri Maaz, Myers Ross, Voss Stephan, Tsai Andy
Keywords: Intussuception, Gastrojejenostomy, coiled-spring