 Incidental Findings
"Incidental Findings" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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 ID |
D033162
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.410
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| Concept/Terms |
Incidental Findings- Incidental Findings
- Finding, Incidental
- Findings, Incidental
- Incidental Finding
Incidental Discovery- Incidental Discovery
- Discoveries, Incidental
- Discovery, Incidental
- Incidental Discoveries
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2007 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2008 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2009 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2010 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 2011 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2013 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2016 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2017 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Incidental Findings" by people in Profiles.
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Niazi MZ, Golden DW. Thoracic Postoperative Radiation Therapy: To Treat or Not to Treat? Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2019 07 15; 104(4):710.
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Han L, Gallan A, Paner GP. Patterns of Urachal Remnant Involvement by Urothelial Carcinoma: Intraluminal Noninvasive Spread Can Mimic a Deep-seated Bladder Invasion. Am J Surg Pathol. 2019 04; 43(4):475-479.
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Anderson IJ, Davis AM. Incidental Pulmonary Nodules Detected on CT Images. JAMA. 2018 Dec 04; 320(21):2260-2261.
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Yan K, Agrawal N, Gooi Z. Head and Neck Masses. Med Clin North Am. 2018 Nov; 102(6):1013-1025.
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Bueno J, Landeras L, Chung JH. Updated Fleischner Society Guidelines for Managing Incidental Pulmonary Nodules: Common Questions and Challenging Scenarios. Radiographics. 2018 Sep-Oct; 38(5):1337-1350.
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Chung JH, Richards JC, Koelsch TL, MacMahon H, Lynch DA. Screening for Lung Cancer: Incidental Pulmonary Parenchymal Findings. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2018 Mar; 210(3):503-513.
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Gore RM, Pickhardt PJ, Mortele KJ, Fishman EK, Horowitz JM, Fimmel CJ, Talamonti MS, Berland LL, Pandharipande PV. Management of Incidental Liver Lesions on CT: A White Paper of the ACR Incidental Findings Committee. J Am Coll Radiol. 2017 Nov; 14(11):1429-1437.
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Chung JH. Shedding Light on Incidental Findings on Low-Dose Lung Cancer Screening Chest Computed Tomography. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2017 09; 14(9):1393-1394.
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Zhang M, Connolly ID, Teo MK, Yang G, Dodd R, Marks M, Zuccarello M, Steinberg GK. Management of Arteriovenous Malformations Associated with Developmental Venous Anomalies: A Literature Review and Report of 2 Cases. World Neurosurg. 2017 Oct; 106:563-569.
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MacMahon H, Naidich DP, Goo JM, Lee KS, Leung ANC, Mayo JR, Mehta AC, Ohno Y, Powell CA, Prokop M, Rubin GD, Schaefer-Prokop CM, Travis WD, Van Schil PE, Bankier AA. Guidelines for Management of Incidental Pulmonary Nodules Detected on CT Images: From the Fleischner Society 2017. Radiology. 2017 07; 284(1):228-243.
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