Unsuspected pulmonary embolism in lung cancer patients: Comparison of clinical characteristics and outcome with suspected pulmonary embolism

Purpose Compare the clinical characteristics, rate of recurrent venous thromboembolism (VTE) and outcome of suspected and unsuspected pulmonary embolism (PE) detected on computed tomography in patients with lung cancer. Methods In this IRB-approved retrospective study, 77 patients [38 men, 39 women; mean age 64 (range, 35–90)] with lung cancer who developed PE between January 2004 and December 2009 were identified using research patient data...