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A member asked:
Unusual neurological symptoms, paraneoplastic panel was done at my request, neuro doesnt suspect it at all based on presentation, waiting for results. how common are false positive results?
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Labs: Not common,but wait till you get them as I am sure they will be negative. Good Luck
Answered 11/27/2017
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Please repost: Your question is meaningless without a description of your “unusual” neurological symptoms. The significance of any testing is determined in large part by the pre-test probability of actually having the condition tested for. Furthermore, paraneoplastic syndromes of the nervous system are EXTREMELY rare. I think you can safely find something else to worry about.
Answered 11/27/2017
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Depends: On which panel done. Without high pretest probability positive results will require further test
Answered 11/27/2017
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