Open AccessInitial experience in assessing diagnostic utility of conventional and functional imaging (staging CT, PET CT, and MRI Brain/Spine) in suspected cases of paraneoplastic neurological syndrome
Author(s) -
Shanti Ranjan Sanyal,
Keneth Kodituwakku,
Amin Nisreen,
Saeed Mohammad Kilani,
Manish Gupta
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of neurosciences in rural practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 0976-3147
pISSN - 0976-3155
DOI - 10.25259/jnrp-2022-5-3
Subject(s) - medicine , radiology , neuroimaging , malignancy , magnetic resonance imaging , medical diagnosis , psychiatry
Radiology receives a large volume of referrals for systemic scans and neuroimaging in suspected cases of paraneoplastic neurological syndrome (PNS) patients. To date, there have been no guidelines to define imaging pathways in diagnosis or surveillance of such patients. This article aims to evaluate diagnostic utility of imaging in detecting positive results as well as ruling out significant pathologies in suspected cases of PNS and strategize vetting requests.