Research Article
Application of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) in Lymphomatous Lymph Nodes: A Comparison between PET/CT and Contrast-Enhanced CT
Table 4
The accuracy of CEUS, PET/CT, and CECT in detecting lymphomatous lymph nodes.
| | Classification | CEUS | PET/CT | CECT | |
| | T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma (%) | 2/2 (100) | 2/2 (100) | 2/2 (100) | — | | Peripheral T-cell lymphoma (%) | 13/16 (81.25) | 15/16 (93.75) | 14/16 (87.5) | 0.859 | | Extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma (%) | 7/8 (87.5) | 7/8 (87.5) | 6/8 (75) | 1 | | Anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (%) | 1/1 (100) | 1/1 (100) | 1/1 (100) | — | | Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (%) | 65/79 (82.28) | 71/79 (89.87) | 62/79 (78.48) | 0.145 | | Burkitt lymphoma (%) | 6/8 (75) | 7/8 (87.5) | 6/8 (75) | 1 | | Mantle cell lymphoma (%) | 3/4 (75) | 4/4 (100) | 4/4 (100) | 1 | | Inert small B-cell lymphoma (%) | 4/4 (100) | 0/4 (0) | 3/4 (75) | 0.03 | | Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (follicular lymphoma conversion) (%) | 3/3 (100) | 3/3 (100) | 3/3 (100) | — | | Hodgkin’s lymphoma (%) | 13/15 (86.67) | 14/15 (93.33) | 12/15 (80) | 0.858 | | Total (accuracy, %) | 117/140 (83.57) | 124/140 (88.57) | 113/140 (80.71) | 0.188 | | False-negative rate (%) | 23/140 (16.43) | 16/140 (11.43) | 27/140 (19.29) | 0.188 |
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