occult cancer

(1) Occult primary malignancy
(2) Clinically inapparent malignancy, pathologist’s tumour A lesion defined as malignant by histologic criteria, which is an incidental discovery that occurs either when a patient is being evaluated for other reasons, or at the time of autopsy, as may occur in cancer of the prostate and thyroid

occult cancer

1. Occult primary malignancy, see there.2. Clinically inapparent malignancy, pathologist's tumor A lesion defined as malignant by histologic criteria, which is an incidental discovery that occurs either when a Pt is being evaluted for other reasons, or at the time of autopsy, as has been well-documented in CA of the prostate and thyroid.