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Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration as Initial Presentation of Papillary Carcinoma of the Fallopian Tube: Evaluation and Usefulness of 18F-FDG PET-CT. Case Report and Literature Review

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The acquisition of an 18F-FDG PET-CT scan in patients with suspected paraneoplastic cerebellar syndrome can be helpful in determining the origin of a neoplasm because of its high sensitivity and also helps guide the neurological development course depending on the degree of incorporation of 18F-FDG to the cerebellar parenchyma when compared with the rest of the brain.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Hospital Médica Sur, Mexico City, Mexico

    Nayelli Ortega López, Digna Pachuca González, José Alfonso Rumoroso García, Juan Carlos García Reyna & Luis Felipe Alva López

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López, N.O., González, D.P., García, J.A.R. et al. Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration as Initial Presentation of Papillary Carcinoma of the Fallopian Tube: Evaluation and Usefulness of 18F-FDG PET-CT. Case Report and Literature Review. Nucl Med Mol Imaging 47, 55–60 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13139-012-0180-6

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