Table 2.
Demographics, presenting symptoms, and primary malignancy.
| n (%) | |
|---|---|
| Age, years (mean) | 56 |
| Gender | |
| Men | 89 (56) |
| Women | 71 (44) |
| Risk factors for malignancy | |
| Tobacco smoking | 9 (57) |
| Alcohol use | 2 (50) |
| Symptoms | |
| Cough | 61 (85) |
| Dyspnea | 102 (94) |
| Hemoptysis | 9 (23) |
| Fatigue | 11 (73) |
| Weight loss | 10 (59) |
| Abdominal pain | 11 (86) |
| Night sweats | 5 (42) |
| Syncope | 6 (43) |
| Hypoxemia | 96 (95) |
| Primary malignancy | |
| Gastric | 94 (59) |
| Breast | 16 (10) |
| Lung | 10 (6) |
| Urothelial | 6 (4) |
| Unknown | 4 (3) |
| Ovarian | 4 (3) |
| Pancreatic | 3 (2) |
| Esophageal | 3 (2) |
| Prostate | 2 (1) |
| Colon | 2 (1) |
| Gallbladder | 2 (1) |
| Hepatocellular, dual parotid gland/salivary duct, dual hepatocellular/cholangiocarcinoma, dual gastric/duodenal, cholangiocarcinoma, sphenoid sinus, gastroesophageal junction, extramammary Paget's disease, salivary duct, primary myelodysplastic syndrome, desmoplastic small round cell tumor, angiosarcoma, kidney malignant rhabdoid tumor, renal papillary carcinoma | 1 (1) |
Percentages are calculated based on all the “reporting” cases. See references 1-37 and 46-92 for case reports and series of PTTM.
n, number of cases.