Table 4 Metastatic spread according to histopathological subtype. Subcut: subcutaneous, Mets: metastases
From: Radiological evaluation of malignant pleural mesothelioma - defining distant metastatic disease
Pathology | N | Sites of Metastases | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Effusion | Contralateral lung mets | Bone mets | Visceral mets | Brain mets | Peritoneal | Subcut/ muscular | ||
Epithelioid | 115 | 74 (64.3%) | 38 (33.0%) | 21 (18.2%) | 16 (13.9%) | 3 (2.6%) | 31 (27.0%) | 23 (20.0%) |
Biphasic/ Sarcomatoid | 23 | 12 (52.1%) | 9 (34.7%) | 8 (34.7%) | 4 (17.4%) | 2 (8.6%) | 1 (4.3%) | 5 (21.7%) |
Comparison of proportions (Fishers exact test) | P = 0.3464 | P = 0.6277 | P = 0.0936 | P = 0.7455 | P = 0.1938 | P = 0.0159 | P = 0.7839 | |