Appointment prep
Prepare for a paraneoplastic neurological syndrome evaluation
Rapid-onset neurological or psychiatric symptoms that precede or accompany a hidden cancer are frequently misattributed to primary psychiatric or degenerative disease. Medvo helps you document the subacute onset and request antibody testing and cancer screening — framed as evaluation, never diagnosis.
Symptoms patients describe
- · Sudden severe memory loss, confusion, or psychiatric symptoms
- · New seizures, movement disorders, or sensory changes
- · Symptoms that progress quickly over weeks to months
Tests & referrals to request
Framed as evaluation — your clinician decides what is appropriate.
- · Paraneoplastic antibody panel in blood and CSF
- · Comprehensive cancer screening (CT, PET, mammography, etc.)
- · Referral to neuro-oncologist or neurologist familiar with paraneoplastic disease
If you've been dismissed
- · Symptoms called 'psychiatric' or 'functional' without cancer workup
- · No antibody testing despite rapid progression and red flags