Affiliations 

  • 1 Sunway Medical Centre, Nuclear Medicine Centre, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 2 Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [email protected]
  • 3 Penang Adventist Hospital, Nuclear Medicine Centre, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
  • 4 Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Department of Molecular Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 5 Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 6 Hospital Pulau Pinang, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
Med J Malaysia, 2021 09;76(5):685-690.
PMID: 34508375

Abstract

Over the past decade, 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PETCT) has emerged as an important imaging modality in the management of lymphoma. Since the introduction of Deauville scoring system (2009) and the Lymphoma Response Assessment Criteria (2014), clinicians are now sharing a common language in the management of lymphoma. In Malaysia, nearly a third of PET-CT request is related to lymphoma imaging. Though there are extensive publications regarding these scoring systems and assessment criteria for lymphoma, there are hardly any literature on the reporting format for the 18F-FDG PET-CT in this disease. The variable reporting formats have on many occasions caused confusion not only to the referring clinicians but also to nuclear medicine physicians. Thus, a working committee comprising experienced nuclear medicine physicians and haematologists in Malaysia have agreed and made a joint recommendation on the standard reporting format for 18F-FDG PET-CT in Lymphoma. This recommendation will minimize inter-observer discrepancies in reporting, facilitate the understanding of the report of the referring clinicians as well as facilitate counseling between patients and clinicians in the management of the disease.

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