 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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| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2007 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2014 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2015 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 2016 | 3 | 4 | 7 | | 2017 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2018 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2020 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2021 | 0 | 7 | 7 | | 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2024 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Incidental Findings" by people in Profiles.
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Pak CM, Gilmore MJ, Bulkley JE, Chakraborty P, Dagan-Rosenfeld O, Foreman AKM, Gollob MH, Jenkins CL, Katz AE, Lee K, Meeks N, O'Daniel JM, Posey JE, Rego SM, Shah N, Steiner RD, Stergachis AB, Subramanian SL, Trotter T, Wallace K, Williams MS, Goddard KAB, Buchanan AH, Manickam K, Powell B, Ezzell Hunter J. Implementing evidence-based assertions of clinical actionability in the context of secondary findings: Updates from the ClinGen Actionability Working Group. Genet Med. 2024 Aug; 26(8):101164.
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Chiang SN, Reckford J, Alexander AL, Birgfeld CB, Bonfield CM, Couture DE, David LR, French B, Gociman B, Goldstein JA, Golinko MS, Kestle JRW, Lee A, Magge SN, Pollack IF, Rottgers SA, Runyan CM, Smyth MD, Wilkinson CC, Skolnick GB, Strahle JM, Patel KB. What to do with an incidental finding of a fused sagittal suture: a modified Delphi study. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2024 Aug 01; 34(2):182-189.
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Mejia-Bautista M, Romanowicz J, Hollowell M, Geva T, Carreon CK, Beroukhim RS. Rare cardiac inflammatory pseudotumor in a toddler: Complementary roles of cardiac magnetic resonance and positron emission tomography. Cardiovasc Pathol. 2024 Jul-Aug; 71:107639.
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Potterveld SK, Sangoi AR. Seminal Vesicle Stromal Lipofuscinosis: A Rare Incidental Finding with Potential for Misdiagnosis. Int J Surg Pathol. 2024 Sep; 32(6):1182-1185.
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Dyer DS, White C, Conley Thomson C, Gieske MR, Kanne JP, Chiles C, Parker MS, Menchaca M, Wu CC, Kazerooni EA. A Quick Reference Guide for Incidental Findings on Lung Cancer Screening CT Examinations. J Am Coll Radiol. 2023 02; 20(2):162-172.
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Colakoglu S, Yang J, French MM, Winocour J, Um GT, Blumenauer B, Siddikoglu D, Mureau MAM, Chong T, Higdon K, Perdikis G, Inchauste SM, Kaoutzanis C, Mathes DW. Importance of Incidental Findings in Preoperative Computed Tomography Angiography for Abdominally Based Free Flap Breast Reconstruction: A Multi-Institutional Study. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2022 09 01; 150(3):527-535.
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Pinsky PF, Lynch DA, Gierada DS. Incidental Findings on Low-Dose CT Scan Lung Cancer Screenings and Deaths From Respiratory Diseases. Chest. 2022 04; 161(4):1092-1100.
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Del Chiaro M, Torphy RJ, Schulick RD. Pancreatic incidentalomas: Investigation and management. J Intern Med. 2021 11; 290(5):969-979.
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Manrique M, Mantilla-Rivas E, Porras Perez AR, Bryant JR, Rana MS, Tu L, Keating RF, Oh AK, Linguraru MG, Rogers GF. Premature Fusion of the Sagittal Suture as an Incidental Radiographic Finding in Young Children. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2021 Oct 01; 148(4):829-837.
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Thannickal A, Maddy B, DeWitt M, Cliby W, Dow M. Dysfunctional labor and hemoperitoneum secondary to an incidentally discovered dysgerminoma: a case report. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2021 Sep 07; 21(1):611.
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