Pleuropulmonary Metastasis with Unknown Outset – Diagnosis Algorythm

Abstract

Lung metastases with unspecified starting point represent an entity with poor prognosis The group of study included 24 patients with pulmonary metastases of with occult tumors. The study was retrospective and assessed the prognosis factors correlated with the survival ratio: gender p=0.112, average age of 56.6 years good status of performance p=0.0337, average number of investigations (between 2 and 12)7.46, with an average cost on patient of 558.33 lei, pattern metastases p=0.696, histology p=0,906, groups of risk p=0.040, average survival 5.85 months. Some algorithms of diagnostic for a better management of patients with lung metastasis were studied.