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Diagnostic Performance of [68Ga]Ga-FAPI PET/CT for Differentiating Histologically Confirmed Kidney Fibrosis Severity in Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease

Key takeaways

This study tested a special scan, called FAPI PET/CT, to see how much scarring is inside the kidneys of people with advanced kidney disease. Scarring is what slowly destroys kidney function, and today the only sure way to measure it is a biopsy, which means taking a piece of the kidney with a needle. The scan results were compared against biopsy results in the same patients, so this shows a link between what the scan sees and real scarring, not proof that the scan can replace a biopsy. The abstract was not available, so the number of patients is not known here.

Who did this work

Constantin Aschauer (Medical University of Vienna) · Johannes Kläger (Medical University of Vienna) · Dragan Copic (Medical University of Vienna) · Alexander Kainz (Medical University of Vienna) · Adelina Göllner (Medical University of Vienna) · Markus Kieler (Medical University of Vienna) · Lukas Kenner (Medical University of Vienna) · Michaela Schlederer (Medical University of Vienna) · Isaia Kássimo da Costa (Medical University of Vienna) · Maja Nackenhorst (Medical University of Vienna) · Stefan Schmitl (Medical University of Vienna) · Sazan Rasul (Medical University of Vienna)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, Kidney disease concept sweep (verified C2778653478) · 2026-08-25
https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics16172706