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 jnmt.115.158659
DO 10.2967/jnmt.115.158659
A1 Thapa, Pradeep
A1 BASU, SANDIP
YR 2015
UL http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/early/2015/08/11/jnmt.115.158659.abstract
AB A rare case of paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration (with detectable anti-neuronal antibody anti-Yo) is described, where 18F-FDG-PET/CT aided in detection of two synchronous malignancies (one thyroid cancer and the other breast cancer); interestingly, the primary breast malignancy was non-FDG avid and was detected through the presence of a metastatic FDG-avid axillary lymph node. Surgery for both was undertaken in the same sitting and there was improvement of the neurological features soon after the surgical removal of the malignancies.