Increased 68Ga-FAPI-04 Uptake in Schmorl Node in a Patient With Gastric Cancer. (August 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lin, Rong; Lin, Zefang; Zhang, Jiaying; Yao, Shaobo; Miao, Weibing
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 46:Number 8(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-08
• Subjects: 68Ga-FAPI-04 -- 18F-FDG -- Schmorl node -- gastric cancer -- PET/CT; Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003623
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: A 78-year-old man with a newly diagnosed gastric adenocarcinoma underwent 18 F-FDG and 68 Ga-FAPI-04 PET/CT before treatment. Both 18 F-FDG and 68 Ga-FAPI-04 PET/CT demonstrated intense radioactivity in the gastric cancer. However, the benign Schmorl node in the inferior endplate of the T5 vertebrae showed increased uptake of 68 Ga-FAPI-04, which was not FDG avid. Two months after radical gastrectomy of the gastric cancer (pT1aN0M0, IA), a follow-up CT showed that the Schmorl node in T5 vertebrae remained unchanged.