title: Detection of incidental pulmonary embolism with multi-slice computed tomography in cancer patients.
abstract: The aim of this study is to show the frequency of incidentally found (pulmonary thromboembolism) PTE in oncological patients and evaluate dispersion of incidents in terms of underlying primary tumor and seek risk factors associated with incidental PTE. Among one thousand oncology patients, 46 (4.6%) individuals found to have incidental PTE. Of positive patients, the highest proportion (24%) was belong to breast cancer group (n=11). The most common location for pulmonary emboli was the lower lobe branch of right pulmonary artery (n=33, 71.7%). Evident PTE had not been reported in final radiology reports of 21 cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Health Science University Gazi Yaşargil Education Research Hospital, Diyarbakır, Turkey. Electronic address: makifdeniz@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Muhammed Akif
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Deniz
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Health Science University Gazi Yaşargil Education Research Hospital, Diyarbakır, Turkey.
authors.forename: Zelal Taş
authors.initials: ZT
authors.lastname: Deniz
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Silvan State Hospital, Diyarbakır, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Emin
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Adin
authors.affiliation: Otorhinolaryngology Clinic, Diyarbakir Selahaddin Eyyubi Public Hospital, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ferit
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Akıl
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Bitlis State Hospital, Bitlis, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Turmak
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Dicle University School of Medical Science, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Zuhat
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Urakcı
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Dicle University School of Medical Science, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Guli
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Cetincakmak
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Dicle University School of Medical Science, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cemil
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Goya
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Cancer; Computed tomography; Incidentally pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE); Multislice computed tomography (MSCT)