Research Article

The Role of Pulmonary Veins in Cancer Progression from a Computed Tomography Viewpoint

Table 1

Data obtained from 260 cancer patients with pulmonary vein obstruction syndrome (PVOS).

CharacteristicsNumber of patients (%)

Age (years)
 Median (range)70 (27–93)
Sex
 Male/female164/96
Primary sites, number/total hospitalized number (%)
 All patients260/1256 (20)
 Urinary tract98/416 (20)
 Lung 37/130 (27)
 Gastrointestine33/159 (21)
 Breast 19/61 (31)
 Others 74/490 (15)
Performance status, number/total number (%)
 0-175/260 (29)
 ≥2185/260 (71)
Associated with other thromboembolic complications, number/total number (%)
 Yes 171/260 (66)
 No 89/260 (34)
Associated with other paraneoplastic syndrome, number/total number (%)
 Yes 131/260 (50)
 No129/260 (50)