Incidental Findings
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Lymphocyte-depleted thymic remnants: a potential diagnostic pitfall in the evaluation of central neck dissections.

30 Oct 2009 The head and neck region is a frequent site for potentially confusing incidental benign findings not related to the primary pathologic process and having no impact on patient prognosis. Several lesions are thymic in origin. We report 3 cases of ... Read more...

Potential clinical and economic consequences of noncardiac incidental findings on cardiac computed tomography.

11 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVES: We sought to determine the incidence, clinical significance, and potential financial impact of noncardiac incidental findings (IF) identified with cardiac computed tomography (CT). BACKGROUND: Cardiac CT is gaining acceptance and may ... Read more...

[Surgery for coarctation of the aorta in Iceland 1990-2006]

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) is a congenital narrowing of the aorta, distal to the origin of the left subclavian artery. Treatment consists of surgical excision but balloon angioplasty is also a treatment option for selected ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Incidental Findings'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Lymphocyte-depleted thymic remnants: a potential diagnostic pitfall in the evaluation of central neck dissections. 30 Oct 2009
• The dilemma of incidental findings on cardiac computed tomography. 11 Oct 2009
• Potential clinical and economic consequences of noncardiac incidental findings on cardiac computed tomography. 11 Oct 2009
• [Surgery for coarctation of the aorta in Iceland 1990-2006] 29 Sep 2009
• An asymptomatic young woman with abnormal manubrium sterni: diagnosis and discussion. 29 Sep 2009
• Teenager who died after having HPV vaccine had a malignant chest tumour. 29 Sep 2009
• Unusual cause of stroke in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. 29 Sep 2009
• The predictive value of incidental PET/CT findings suspicious for breast cancer in women with non-breast malignancies. 29 Sep 2009
• Transesophageal echocardiography of an anomalous circumflex coronary artery: anatomy and implications. 29 Sep 2009
• Neither one-time negative screening tests nor negative colposcopy provides absolute reassurance against cervical cancer. 29 Sep 2009
• [Treatment of pituitary adenomas] 25 Sep 2009
• 18F-FDG PET/CT identifies patients at risk for future vascular events in an otherwise asymptomatic cohort with neoplastic disease. 14 Sep 2009
• Synaesthesia. 2 Sep 2009
• Systematic review: prevalence of malignant incidental thyroid nodules identified on fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography. 30 Aug 2009
• Radiology-pathology conference: incidental posterior mediastinal ganglioneuroma. 30 Aug 2009
• Ciliated adenocarcinoma of the ovary with evidence of serous differentiation: report of a case. 30 Aug 2009
• Incidental renal tumours. 30 Aug 2009
• Extracoronary abnormalities on coronary magnetic resonance angiography in the multiethnic study of atherosclerosis study: frequency and clinical significance. 30 Aug 2009
• Intrathoracic gastric activity of Tc-99m sestamibi in a patient with gastric pull-up for esophageal cancer. 30 Aug 2009
• Tracheobronchomalacia incidentally detected on Tc-99m ventilation/perfusion SPECT. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Incidental Findings'

Definition: Unanticipated information discovered in the course of testing or medical care. Used in discussions of information that may have social or psychological consequences, such as when it is learned that a child's biological father is someone other than the putative father, or that a person tested for one disease or disorder has, or is at risk for, something else.

Descriptor UI: D033162

Alternative terms: Incidental Findings; Finding, Incidental; Findings, Incidental; Incidental Finding; Incidental Discovery; Discoveries, Incidental; Discovery, Incidental; Incidental Discoveries;

Tree Number: E01.410;

History Note: 2003

Technical Notes: HUMAN only