Analysis of Scan

The scan displays the brain of a 16 year old girl who contained a disease called lymphoma. She was given a PET/CT scan for evaluation before beginning preparations for chemotherapy. The PET/CT scan identified the extent of the patient’s  disease. We interpreted that after the chemotherapy treatment, a gross decrease in uptake in the tumor suggesting a significant response to chemotherapy.

Chemotherapy helps treat tumors such as lymphoma. This treatment is a drug that that terminates tumor cells including lymphoma tumor cells. As chemotherapy treatment is delivered (either in the form of oral medication, or injection) the drug travels through the blood until it reaches its destination (tumor). There it can act on the lymphoma tumor cell in a variety of ways.In CT scan image precycle 1, the pleural thickness pre-treatment was 13.3 mm (B). In CT scan image post cycle 2 of chemotherapy, the pleural thickness was 9.19 mm.