Incidence and clinical outcomes of occult cancers detected by computed tomographic pulmonary angiography in patients with acute pulmonary embolism

摘要

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) can be the earliest sign of cancer. Ten per cent of patients with unprovoked VTE will be diagnosed with cancer within the next 12 months [1]. Computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA) might be useful for detecting occult cancers in patients with pulmonary embolism (PE). We sought to evaluate the incidence and clinical outcomes of occult cancers detected by CTPA in patients with acute PE.