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Vol. 35. Issue 1.
Pages 17-21 (January - February 2016)
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Vol. 35. Issue 1.
Pages 17-21 (January - February 2016)
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Accuracy of FDG-PET/CT and paraneoplastic antibodies in diagnosing cancer in paraneoplastic neurological syndromes
Utilidad de la PET/TC con FDG y los anticuerpos paraneoplásicos para el diagnóstico de neoplasia en el síndrome neurológico paraneoplásico
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B. Vatankulua,
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, S. Yilmaz Aksoyb, S. Asaa, S. Sagera, H.B. Saymana, M. Halaca, K. Sonmezoglua
a Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
b Yildirim Bayezit University, Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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Table 1. Presentations of patients with classical and non classical paraneoplastic neurological syndromes.
Table 2. Demographic and baseline clinical characteristics of the patients.
Table 3. Clinical and imaging findings of 7 patients with histopathologically diagnosed cancer.
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Objective

There is still no consensus about whether to perform PET/CT to detect carcinoma in paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (PNS) in patients with or without antibodies. The aim of this study is to determine the diagnostic accuracy of PET/CT and antibodies in patients with PNS.

Material and Methods

A retrospective study was conducted on patients with clinically suspected PNS between 2008 and 2013. The association between histopathological findings, paraneoplastic antibodies, and PET/CT findings were evaluated. Sensitivity and specificity for the detection of underlying malignancy were calculated for PET/CT and paraneoplastic antibodies.

Results

A total of 42 patients were analyzed. Of these 42 patients, 32 (75%) had a classical PNS, 6 (14%) had positive PET/CT findings, and 34 were tested for the presence of antibodies (anti-Hu Ab, anti-Yo Ab, and anti-Ri Ab). Twenty one of 34 patients had positive antibodies. Of the 6 patients with positive PET/CT findings, 6 had positive histopathological results. Among 21 patients with positive biomarkers, carcinoma was confirmed only in 5 patients. One patient with negative antibodies, but positive PET/CT findings, was diagnosed with a tumor. Gastric carcinoma was detected in 1 patient with negative PET/CT findings and antibodies during follow-up. Based on the results, PET/CT was found to have 85.71% sensitivity, 100% specificity, 100% positive and 97.22% negative predictive values in the detection of tumors.

Conclusion

PET/CT has a certain diagnostic accuracy for detecting underlying malignancy in patients with PNS, regardless of the presence of paraneoplastic antibodies.

Keywords:
Paraneoplastic neurological syndrome
Positron emission tomography
Malignancy
Paraneoplastic antibodies
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Objetivo

No hay un criterio unánime para realizar PET/TC en la detección de carcinoma en pacientes de síndrome neurológico paraneoplásico (PNS), con o sin anticuerpos. Nuestro objetivo es buscar la utilidad diagnóstica de la PET/TC y los anticuerpos en pacientes con PNS.

Material y métodos

Se examinaron retrospectivamente los pacientes con sospecha clínica de PNS estudiados entre 2008 y 2013. Se evaluó la asociación entre los resultados histopatológicos, los anticuerpos y los resultados de la PET/TC. Se calcularon la sensibilidad y la especificidad de la PET/TC y de los anticuerpos paraneoplásicos para la detección de malignidad.

Resultados

Se analizaron un total de 42 pacientes. De ellos 32 pacientes (el 75%) tenían un PNS clásico. A todos se les había realizado PET/TC y 6 (el 14%) tuvieron resultados positivos. Se determinó la presencia de anticuerpos en 34 pacientes (anticuerpos anti-Hu, anticuerpos anti-Yo y anticuerpos anti-Ri). Veintiuno de los cuales dieron positivo. Los 6 pacientes con resultados PET/TC positivos tuvieron resultados histopatológicos positivos. Entre los 21 pacientes con biomarcadores positivos, el carcinoma se confirmó solo en 5 pacientes. A un paciente con resultado negativo para anticuerpos, pero positivo en la PET/TC, se le diagnosticó un tumor. Se detectó carcinoma gástrico en un paciente con resultados negativos en la PET/TC y anticuerpos en el periodo de seguimiento. Según los resultados, se comprobó que la PET/TC tiene un 85,71% de sensibilidad, un 100% de especificidad, con valor predictivo positivo de 100% y valor predictivo negativo de 97,22% en la detección de tumores.

Conclusión

La PET/TC tiene un cierto grado de exactitud diagnóstica para detectar malignidad subyacente en pacientes con PNS, sin importar la presencia de anticuerpos paraneoplásicos.

Palabras clave:
Malignidad
Anticuerpos paraneoplásicos
Síndromes neurológicos paraneoplásicos
Tomografía por emisión de positrones

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