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Whole-Body CT Screening: Spectrum of Findings and Recommendations in 1192 Patients¹

¹ From the Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, 200 W Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103-8756. From the 2002 RSNA Annual Meeting. Received October 9, 2004; revision requested December 21; revision received January 11, 2005; accepted February 1. Address correspondence to G.C. (e-mail: gcasola{at}ucsd.edu).

View larger version (23K): [in a new window]   Figure 1a. Graphs show the proportion of patients with positive findings () and of patients with follow-up recommendations () over the total number of patients per age group. (a) Overall, the proportion of patients with positive findings and recommendations progressively increased with age, and a similar pattern was noted in (b) men and (c) women. Proportions of recommendations were higher for women than for men, although the difference was not significant (P = .19).

View larger version (23K): [in a new window]   Figure 1b. Graphs show the proportion of patients with positive findings () and of patients with follow-up recommendations () over the total number of patients per age group. (a) Overall, the proportion of patients with positive findings and recommendations progressively increased with age, and a similar pattern was noted in (b) men and (c) women. Proportions of recommendations were higher for women than for men, although the difference was not significant (P = .19).

View larger version (22K): [in a new window]   Figure 1c. Graphs show the proportion of patients with positive findings () and of patients with follow-up recommendations () over the total number of patients per age group. (a) Overall, the proportion of patients with positive findings and recommendations progressively increased with age, and a similar pattern was noted in (b) men and (c) women. Proportions of recommendations were higher for women than for men, although the difference was not significant (P = .19).

View larger version (25K): [in a new window]   Figure 2a. Graphs illustrate the ratio of findings per patient () and the ratio of recommendations per patient () and per finding () over the total number of patients per age group. (a) Overall, the number of findings and recommendations per patient increased as the age increased; the number of recommendations per finding was similar for all age groups, except for a nonsignificant increment in middle-aged patients (40–49 and 50–59 years old) (P = .09). Similar patterns were seen for (b) men and (c) women. Women had a higher number of recommendations per finding (P = .001) and per patient (P = .14) than did men in all age groups.

View larger version (24K): [in a new window]   Figure 2b. Graphs illustrate the ratio of findings per patient () and the ratio of recommendations per patient () and per finding () over the total number of patients per age group. (a) Overall, the number of findings and recommendations per patient increased as the age increased; the number of recommendations per finding was similar for all age groups, except for a nonsignificant increment in middle-aged patients (40–49 and 50–59 years old) (P = .09). Similar patterns were seen for (b) men and (c) women. Women had a higher number of recommendations per finding (P = .001) and per patient (P = .14) than did men in all age groups.

View larger version (25K): [in a new window]   Figure 2c. Graphs illustrate the ratio of findings per patient () and the ratio of recommendations per patient () and per finding () over the total number of patients per age group. (a) Overall, the number of findings and recommendations per patient increased as the age increased; the number of recommendations per finding was similar for all age groups, except for a nonsignificant increment in middle-aged patients (40–49 and 50–59 years old) (P = .09). Similar patterns were seen for (b) men and (c) women. Women had a higher number of recommendations per finding (P = .001) and per patient (P = .14) than did men in all age groups.

View larger version (27K): [in a new window]   Figure 3. Graph shows the distribution of findings according to major anatomic location and age group. The distribution was similar for each age group; abdominal findings were the most common findings, and thoracic findings were the least common findings according to age group.

View larger version (26K): [in a new window]   Figure 4. Bar graph illustrates the distribution of follow-up recommendations (n = 289) for abdominal findings. Overall, CT was the most frequent recommendation, which was indicated in 50% (144 of 289) of recommendations for abdominal findings. CECT = contrast-enhanced CT, WBCTS = whole-body CT screening.