Imaging characteristics and embolus burden of unreported pulmonary embolism in oncologic patients.

The present study sought to estimate the frequency of overseen and unreported (i.e., false negative) pulmonary embolism (PE) events in oncologic patients.

Pulmonary embolism in oncologic patients: frequency and embolus burden of symptomatic and unsuspected events.

Background: Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common cause of morbidity and mortality in oncologic patients. Furthermore, PE is an unsuspected finding in many cases.

Purpose: To determine the frequency and embolus burden of PE in a consecutive oncologic patient group including symptomatic as well as incidental and initially unreported events.