68Ga-FAPI PET/CT in Assessment of Leptomeningeal Metastases in a Patient With Lung Adenocarcinoma

Clin Nucl Med. 2020 Oct;45(10):784-786. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003231.

Abstract

We presented a case of 64-year-old woman with pathologically diagnosed lung adenocarcinoma. Brain metastases were highly suspected due to the appearance of neurological symptoms. However, no abnormal finding in the brain was observed on F-FDG PET/CT. Contrast-enhanced MRI showed the presence of leptomeningeal metastases but with a negative cerebrospinal fluid analysis. For this reason, the patient underwent Ga-FAPI PET/CT, later fused with MRI scans that showed intense uptake of Ga-FAPI in leptomeningeal regions correspondent to the sites of gadolinium enhancement. This case highlights that Ga-FAPI would be promising for the identification of leptomeningeal involvement in patients with malignant disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma of Lung / pathology*
  • Biological Transport
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Meningeal Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Middle Aged
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Quinolines*

Substances

  • 68Ga-FAPI
  • Quinolines