Utility of additional abdominopelvic CT in detecting occult cancer in patients with unprovoked venous thromboembolism

•There is a well known association between VTE and malignancy. •Recent NICE guidelines recommend screening abdominopelvic CT in all patients >40 years of age with unprovoked VTE. •This study challenges this guidance by showing that screening CT did not detect any occult malignancy in these patients. Aim To analyse the positive rate for cancer on additional abdominopelvic computed tomography (CT) in patients with unprovoked venous thromboembolism...