Case report: [18F]FAPI-42 PET/CT visualize primary adenoid cystic carcinoma not detected by [18F]FDG

Abstract

Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is a rare salivary gland cancer. Still, its growth and invasion progress is slow, and its hematogenous metastasis is ACC's most common distant metastasis. Because of the broad expression and low background uptake of fibroblast activation protein (FAP) in tumor stroma, FAPI is considered another potential tracer of ACC in addition to FDG. In this case, we report a patient who was diagnosed with metastatic ACC liver cancer by fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) and underwent PET/CT examination of [ 18 F]FDG and [ 18 F]FAPI-42 to find the primary cancer lesion. Finally, the primary cancer lesion was found in the left submandibular gland and was pathologically confirmed as ACC after resection.