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Clinical Application of 68 Ga-Pentixafor PET/CT for the Detection of Thymoma: A Pilot Study
Rongxi Wang1, Xuehan Gao2, Xingtong Peng1
1Department of Nuclear Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Targeted Diagnosis and Therapy in Nuclear Medicine.
Purpose:
This study was designed to evaluate 68 Ga-pentixafor, which targets C-X-C chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4), in the noninvasive diagnosis of thymomas.
Patients And Methods:
With institutional review board approval and signed informed consent, 32 patients with thymic masses were enrolled in this study, and all patients underwent 68 Ga-pentixafor PET/CT scans.
Results:
Among the 28 patients included in the analysis, 13 patients were diagnosed with thymomas, 9 patients with cysts, and 6 patients with other anterior mediastinal masses. 68 Ga-pentixafor identified all patients with thymomas (13/13, 100%), and the mean SUV max in all 13 thymomas lesions was 13.96±8.20, which was significantly higher than that in patients with cysts (1.54±0.88) and other anterior mediastinal masses (2.59±1.68), respectively ( P <0.001).
Conclusions:
The preliminary study indicates the diagnostic utility of 68 Ga-pentixafor in thymomas and the differential diagnostic ability of 68 Ga-pentixafor in thymomas, thymic cysts and other benign anterior mediastinal masses.
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