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Have neurological sympts. ct scan with con negative.doc now asking for pet to rule out parneoplastic cause. is pet better than ct,will it be definitiv?
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PET CT: Sounds like your doctor is searching for what we call "occult malignancy", which means a cancer perhaps hidden somewhere and previously undiagnosed. In this case a whole body PET can screen for that possibility. If there is suspicious for paraneoplastic CNS involvement then you may also need an antibody screen. Best of luck!
Answered 2/20/2017
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