From: 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging findings in anaplastic large cell lymphoma, a rare subtype of lymphoma
Clinical Characteristics | Expression of ALK | P | |
---|---|---|---|
Positive | Negative | ||
Age (year-old) | |||
< 30 | 17 | 8 | 0.556 |
≥ 30 | 15 | 10 | |
Gender | |||
Male | 20 | 15 | 0.123 |
Female | 12 | 3 | |
B symptoms | |||
Present | 22 | 12 | 0.880 |
Absent | 10 | 6 | |
Ann Arbor stage | |||
I-II | 7 | 5 | 0.735 |
III-IV | 25 | 13 | |
18F-FDG uptake (SUVmax) | 22.1 ± 14.3 | 15.1 ± 6.6 | 0.023 |