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High 68 Ga-FAPI-46 uptake in a pulmonary necrotizing granuloma in a patient with subcutaneous lipoma

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The study was partially funded by the ERF-SNMMI (2019–2021 Molecular Imaging Research Grant for Junior Academic Faculty).

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  1. Ahmanson Translational Theranostics Division, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Masatoshi Hotta, Matthias R. Benz, Martin S. Allen-Auerbach & Jeremie Calais

  2. Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Joseph G. Crompton & Fritz C. Eilber

  3. Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Michael D. Roth

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Jeremie Calais is the recipient of grants from the ERF-SNMMI (2019–2021 Molecular Imaging Research Grant for Junior Academic Faculty), the Philippe Foundation Inc. (NY, USA), and the ARC Foundation (France) (International Mobility Award SAE20160604150). Jeremie Calais is a consultant for Blue Earth Diagnostics, Curium Pharma, GE Healthcare, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Progenics Radiopharmaceuticals, Radiomedix, and Telix Pharmaceuticals, outside of the submitted work. All other co-authors have no conflict of interest.

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Hotta, M., Benz, M.R., Allen-Auerbach, M.S. et al. High 68 Ga-FAPI-46 uptake in a pulmonary necrotizing granuloma in a patient with subcutaneous lipoma. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 49, 1088–1089 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-021-05510-0

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