Table 3.

Incidental SVT in cancer patients

ReferenceStudy designCancer patients (N)Cancer typeScannerPatients with incidental SVT, n (%)Site of SVT, n
44 Prospective 1090 Mixed NR 3 (0.27) Superior mesenteric vein = 1 
Pelvic = 1 
Gonadal = 1 
Retrospective 207 Lung NR 3 (1.45) Portal vein = 2 
Hepatic vein = 1 
10 Retrospective 135 Pancreas NR 31 (22.96) 47 DVTs* 
Portal vein = 18 
Splenic = 14 
Superior mesenteric vein = 11 
Inferior mesenteric vein = 4 
Hepatic = 1 
Gonadal = 1 
12 Retrospective 1331 Mixed PET-CT 2 (0.15) Portal vein = 1 
Superior mesenteric vein = 1 
57 Retrospective 838 Mixed NR 8 (0.95) Portal vein = 5 
Superior mesenteric vein = 3 
Renal vein = 1 
58 Retrospective 1442 Mixed 64-row MDCT 36 (2.5) NR 
ReferenceStudy designCancer patients (N)Cancer typeScannerPatients with incidental SVT, n (%)Site of SVT, n
44 Prospective 1090 Mixed NR 3 (0.27) Superior mesenteric vein = 1 
Pelvic = 1 
Gonadal = 1 
Retrospective 207 Lung NR 3 (1.45) Portal vein = 2 
Hepatic vein = 1 
10 Retrospective 135 Pancreas NR 31 (22.96) 47 DVTs* 
Portal vein = 18 
Splenic = 14 
Superior mesenteric vein = 11 
Inferior mesenteric vein = 4 
Hepatic = 1 
Gonadal = 1 
12 Retrospective 1331 Mixed PET-CT 2 (0.15) Portal vein = 1 
Superior mesenteric vein = 1 
57 Retrospective 838 Mixed NR 8 (0.95) Portal vein = 5 
Superior mesenteric vein = 3 
Renal vein = 1 
58 Retrospective 1442 Mixed 64-row MDCT 36 (2.5) NR 

*Events.

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