When is a lumbar puncture indicated in a lymphoma staging work up for a pediatric or AYA patient?
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Pediatric Hematology/Oncology · University of Toronto
LP is not necessary in any Hodgkin patient irrespective of stage.
LP plus IT chemo is indicated in all advanced stage NHL. The one exception to that is primary mediastinal B-cell with sclerosis which is an intermediate grade lymphoma (similar to Hodgkin) and rarely spreads to CNS.
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