Publications by authors named "Maoxue Deng"

Two children with neuroblastoma underwent tumor resection and postoperative chemotherapy. After treatment, they participated in a clinical trial and received 18 F-MFBG and 18 F-FDG PET/CT examinations. Although similar lesions were found in the 2 examinations, the uptake pattern was different.

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Objectives: Although FAPI, as a pan-tumor tracer, shows high expression in the malignancy imaging, FAPI uptake is also seen in some benign lesions. The purpose of this study was to retrospectively analyze the characteristics of benign lesions with FAPI uptake on Ga-FAPI PET/CT imaging.

Methods: The electronic medical and imaging records of patients undergoing Ga-FAPI PET/CT imaging in the Department of Nuclear Medicine of our hospital from March 2020 to March 2022 were retrospectively analyzed.

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Article Synopsis
  • The study investigated the effectiveness of [68Ga]Ga-FAPI PET/CT as an alternative to [18F]FDG PET/CT for detecting unknown primary lesions in cancer patients with negative or unclear [18F]FDG results.
  • Conducted from March 2020 to March 2022 at Southwest Medical University Hospital, 44 patients underwent both imaging techniques, revealing that [68Ga]Ga-FAPI identified additional primary lesions in 17 patients who had negative [18F]FDG results.
  • The results suggest that [68Ga]Ga-FAPI PET/CT not only improves the detection of unknown primary lesions but also shows promise in enhancing diagnostic accuracy compared to [18F]FDG PET/CT.
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A patient with suspected malignant tumor underwent 18 F-FDG PET/CT. Based on the findings, the patient was suspected of having multiple myeloma. Then the patient underwent 68 Ga-pentixafor PET/CT, which showed similar results to 18 F-FDG PET/CT.

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A 52-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with lower abdominal and low back pain, and abdomen CT at an outside hospital presented a retroperitoneal mass with left urinary tract obstruction and hydronephrosis. In 68 Ga-pentixafor PET/CT, the retroperitoneal mass showed intense radioactivity. Subsequently, the patient underwent biopsy of the retroperitoneal mass.

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Two men with metastatic paraganglioma/pheochromocytoma underwent PET/CT examination in our hospital to understand the treatment effect and progression of the disease. Both patients had previously been treated with 131 I-MIBG, and at this evaluation, both of them underwent 68 Ga-DOTATATE and 18 F-MFBG PET/CT. The 68 Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT showed more metastases in the images of these 2 patients.

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Chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4) is a 7-transmembrane G protein-coupled receptor, and pentixafor is considered to be a potent ligand for the CXCR4 receptor. Recently, 68 Ga-pentixafor has been reported as a potential PET imaging agent for CXCR4-positive tumors and inflammatory lesions, including adrenocortical lesions. We report a case of primary aldosteronism due to adrenocortical carcinoma with intense 68 Ga-pentixafor activity on PET/CT.

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A 65-year-old man with suspected pancreatic cancer underwent 18F-FDG PET/CT for initial staging. Mild FDG uptake was observed in the pancreatic mass and bone destruction in the 10th rib on the right. No significant FDG uptake was seen with the multiple hypodense or isodense nodules in the liver.

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