| AIDS-related lymphoma can be diagnosed by | | | | showing a clear image of the organs and tissues. |
| performing a serie of tests known as staging too. | | | | Moreover, a common procedure is Bone marrow |
| Much more, by doing these tests the patient can find | | | | biopsy which includes the removing of a small piece of |
| out if cancer cells have spread within the body, | | | | bone marrow and bone from the hipbone or |
| affecting other organs as well. It is important to know | | | | breatsbone in order to be examined under a |
| that the tests may easily confirm the stage of the | | | | microscope. |
| disease and in this way the physician can prescriebe | | | | Furthermore, stages of AIDS-related lymphoma may |
| the appropriate treatment. Moreover, AIDS-related | | | | include E which means that the cancer is found in an |
| lymphoma is usually diagnosed when the illness is | | | | area or organ other than the lymph nodes or has |
| already advanced. | | | | spread to tissues beyond and S stands for spleen and |
| To begin with, a first common procedure to find | | | | means the cancer affected the spleen. In addition to |
| malignant tumor cells in the body is called PET scan | | | | this there are 4 stages which are used for |
| (positron emission tomography scan). Firstly, this | | | | AIDS-related that indicate the place where the cancer |
| procedure involves the injection of radionuclide glucose | | | | can be found, lymph nodes, organs other than the |
| into the vein in order to show in a picture made by the | | | | lymph nodes, near the diaphragm or spleen. |
| PET scanner where the glucose is being used in the | | | | It is considered that people who suffer from |
| body. So, by scanning the body, the malign tumor cells | | | | Epstein-Barr virus or whose AIDS-related lymphona |
| become brighter because they are more active and | | | | usually affects the bone marrow and in some cases |
| take up more sugar than other healthy cells. | | | | may lead to complications, such as the spreading of |
| Secondly, another well known procedure is CT scan | | | | cancer to the central nervous system.(CNS). Much |
| also called computed tomography or computerisez | | | | more, CNS lymphoma which starts in other parts of |
| axial tomography. CT scan is a procedure that makes | | | | the body is not considered primary as the CNS |
| a serie of pictures of the areas inside the body, | | | | lymphoma that starts in the brain and spinal cord. |