Table 3 Site of metastatic disease
From: Radiological evaluation of malignant pleural mesothelioma - defining distant metastatic disease
Location | N (%) | |
|---|---|---|
Local disease spread | Pleural effusion | 102 (62%) |
Thoracic nodal disease | 101 (62%) | |
Chest wall involvement | 68 (42%) | |
Pericardial infiltration | 47 (29%) | |
Pericardial effusion | 19 (21%) | |
Distant metastatic sites (n = 110, 67%) | Contralateral lung disease | 55 (35%) |
Parenchymal lung metastasis | 42 (26%) | |
Peritoneal / omental metastasis | 36 (22%) | |
Ascites | 24 (15%) | |
Bone metastasis | 31 (19%) | |
Visceral metastasis | 23 (14%) | |
Liver | 19 (70%) | |
Renal | 3 (11%) | |
Adrenal | 3 (11%) | |
Spleen | 2 (8%) | |
Brain metastasis | 5 (3%) | |
Subcutaneous metastatic nodules | 32 (20%) | |
Intramuscular metastasis | 7 (4%) |