Thin-slice CT tags subsegmental pulmonary emboli in oncology patients

December 1, 2008 DiagnosticImaging.com. Thin-slice CT tags subsegmental pulmonary emboli in oncology patients By Shalmali Pal Oncology patients have a fourfold risk above the general population of developing pulmonary embolism. If the patient is receiving chemotherapy, the risk is even greater. Irish radiologists have found that imaging these patients with thin-slice CT during routine staging or restaging can pinpoint clinically unsuspected pulmonary embolism. Dr. Michelle Browne and colleagues from the University Hospital and the National University of Ireland, both in Galway, enrolled 280 consecutive oncology patients in their study. The most common type of cancer in this population was breast (79), followed by colorectal (37), and lymphoma (36).

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