68Ga-FAPI PET/CT Versus 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT in the Evaluation of a Patient With Neuroendocrine Tumor

Abstract

68Ga-FAPI (fibroblast activation protein-specific inhibitor) PET/CT was performed in a 56-year-old man with multiple liver masses, which were confirmed grade 2 well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors with liver Tru-Cut biopsy. With 68Ga-DOTATE PET/CT, primary tumor in the pancreas, multiple metastases in the liver and metastatic portocaval lymph node were detected. In 68Ga-FAPI PET/CT imaging performed for comparison, it was seen that metastatic lesions in the liver were distinguished much better because of low background activity, and the primary tumor and metastatic lymph node were clearly selected. This case suggested that FAPI-bounded radionuclides may be useful in the evaluation and targeted therapy of neuroendocrine tumors.