PTLD-negative and non-destructive PTLD cases
In this cohort study, 19 patients were PTLD-negative cases and 47
patients were diagnosed with non-destructive PTLD by biopsy.TABLE 2 shows the clinical baseline characteristics of the two
groups. There were no significant differences between the two groups in
terms of age at surgery, gender, diagnosis, donor type, EBV status of
the tumor, time between transplant and 18F-FDG PET/CT,
the longest diameter of the lymph node at the biopsy site (LDL), and
SUVmaxTon (P > 0.05). In contrast, there were
significant differences in the shortest diameter of the lymph node at
the biopsy site (SDL), SDL/LDL, SUVmaxBio, SUVmaxBio/SUVmaxTon, and
(SDL/LDL)*(SUVmaxBio/SUVmaxTon) between the groups (P <
0.05).