RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Diagnosis of Dual Malignancy by <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT in the Setting of Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
JO J. Nucl. Med. Technol.
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP 52
OP 53
DO 10.2967/jnmt.115.158659
VO 44
IS 1
A1 Thapa, Pradeep
A1 Basu, Sandip
YR 2016
UL http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/44/1/52.abstract
AB We describe a rare case of paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration (with detectable antineuronal antibody anti-Yo) in which 18F-FDG PET/CT aided in the detection of 2 synchronous malignancies (one thyroid cancer and the other breast cancer). Interestingly, the primary breast malignancy was non-18F-FDG–avid and was detected through the presence of a metastatic 18F-FDG–avid axillary lymph node. Surgery for both was undertaken in the same sitting, and there was improvement of the neurologic features soon after the surgical removal of the malignancies.