 Incidental Findings
"Incidental Findings" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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 | 2 | 3 | | 2008 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2009 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 2010 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 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 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Incidental Findings" by people in Profiles.
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Munden RF, Black WC, Hartman TE, MacMahon H, Ko JP, Dyer DS, Naidich D, Rossi SE, McAdams HP, Goodman EM, Brown K, Kent M, Carter BW, Chiles C, Leung AN, Boiselle PM, Kazerooni EA, Berland LL, Pandharipande PV. Managing Incidental Findings on Thoracic CT: Lung Findings. A White Paper of the ACR Incidental Findings Committee. J Am Coll Radiol. 2021 09; 18(9):1267-1279.
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Arya R, Golden DW. A Curious Case of Cervical Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2020 11 15; 108(4):846-847.
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Dresser L, Yuen CA, Wilmington A, Walker M, Vogel TJ, Merrell RT, Kamson DO. Estrogen hormone replacement therapy in incidental intracranial meningioma: a growth-rate analysis. Sci Rep. 2020 10 21; 10(1):17960.
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Sekar P, West BL, Henriksen KJ, Chang A. An incidental but pathognomonic finding in renal allograft biopsy. Kidney Int. 2019 10; 96(4):1042.
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Madariaga ML, Lennes IT, Best T, Shepard JO, Fintelmann FJ, Mathisen DJ, Gaissert HA. Multidisciplinary selection of pulmonary nodules for surgical resection: Diagnostic results and long-term outcomes. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 04; 159(4):1558-1566.e3.
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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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Umscheid CA, Wilen J, Garin M, Goldstein JD, Cook TS, Liu Y, Chen Y, Myers JS. National Survey of Hospitalists' Experiences with Incidental Pulmonary Nodules. J Hosp Med. 2019 06 01; 14(6):353-356.
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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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