TABLE 1

Patient Characteristics and CT and ¹⁸F-FDG PET Results

Patient	Age (y)	Diagnosis	Splenic index (mL)	CT hypodensities	S/L ratio on ¹⁸F-FDG PET	Result of:			Method of diagnosis
Patient	Age (y)	Diagnosis	Splenic index (mL)	CT hypodensities	S/L ratio on ¹⁸F-FDG PET				Method of diagnosis	¹⁸F-FDG PET	CT
1	20	Stage II HD	1,458	None	0.8	TN	FP	Splenectomy
2	16	Stage IVB HD	780	None	2.2	TP	FN	Laparoscopy
3	17	Stage IIA HD	910	None	0.8	TN	FP	Splenectomy
4	77	Stage IV NHL	1,612	Multiple	1.9	TP	TP	Splenectomy
5	14	Stage IIIA HD	958	None	1.4	TP	TP	Splenectomy
6	49	Stage IIIB NHL	1,474	Multiple	5.2	TP	TP	Splenectomy
7	59	Stage IV NHL	932	None	1.9	TP	TP	Autopsy

HD = Hodgkin’s disease; TN = true-negative; FP = false-positive; TP = true-positive; FN = false-negative; NHL = non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.