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Case Reports
. 2023 Apr 1;48(4):e195-e197.
doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000004530. Epub 2023 Jan 12.

68 GA-FAPI-04 PET/CT Versus 18 F-FDG PET/CT in Imaging of Malignant Mixed Germ Cell Testicular Tumor

İhsan Kaplan  1 , Canan Can  1 , Yunus Güzel  1 , Ulaş Alabalik  2 , Halil Kömek  1
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68 GA-FAPI-04 PET/CT Versus 18 F-FDG PET/CT in Imaging of Malignant Mixed Germ Cell Testicular Tumor

İhsan Kaplan et al. Clin Nucl Med. .

Abstract

18 F-FDG PET/CT imaging was performed for restaging in in a 16-year-old boy who was operated on for right testicular tumor and was diagnosed with malignant mixed germ cell tumor. Mild FDG uptake was observed in 2 nodules in both lungs and retroperitoneal lymph node in the abdomen. 68 Ga-FAPI (fibroblast activation protein inhibitor) 04 PET/CT showed moderate uptake of FAPI in lung nodules and retroperitoneal lymph node. In this case, 68 Ga-FAPI-04 PET/CT was shown to be superior to 18 F-FDG PET/CT in the evaluation of malignant mixed germ cell testicular tumor metastases.

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