Parameter | No. of patients | Percentage of patients | Follow-up |
Suspected second primary malignancy | 49 | 6.4 | |
PC atypical metastases | 8 | 1.0 | |
Proven by biopsy | |||
Lung | 2 | Lung metastases | |
Lymph node | 2 | Atypical nodal metastases | |
Proven by imaging or clinically | |||
Lung | 2 | Lung metastases | |
Lymph node | 2 | Nodal metastases | |
Pathologically proven second primary malignancy | 5 | 0.7 | |
Thyroid | 1 | Papillary thyroid carcinoma | |
Lung | 2 | 1 adenocarcinoma and 1 SCC | |
Tongue | 1 | SCC | |
Lymphoma | 1 | DLBCL | |
Proven benign | 24 | 3.1 | |
Pathologically (thyroid) | 1 | Hurthle cell adenoma | |
By endoscopy (larynx) | 1 | Normal larynx | |
By imaging or clinically | |||
Lung | 5 | 3 stable and 2 resolved | |
Thyroid | 4 | Stable | |
Liver | 3 | 2 hemangiomas and 1 resolved | |
Lymph node | 3 | Stable | |
Spleen | 2 | Stable | |
Brain | 1 | Atypical meningioma | |
Pancreas | 1 | Stable | |
Bone | 1 | Resolved | |
Soft tissue | 1 | Stable | |
Skin | 1 | Stable | |
Not yet confirmed | 12 | 1.6 |
SCC = squamous cell carcinoma; DLBCL = diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.