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, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	E01.410
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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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Diagnosis [E01]
Incidental Findings [E01.410]

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Bar chart showing 86 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2014 and 2015 and 2016

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2002	1	2	3
2005	0	4	4
2006	0	2	2
2007	0	2	2
2008	1	1	2
2009	1	3	4
2010	1	4	5
2011	3	1	4
2012	0	5	5
2013	2	2	4
2014	4	3	7
2015	1	6	7
2016	3	4	7
2017	1	4	5
2018	1	2	3
2019	2	3	5
2020	0	1	1
2021	1	2	3
2022	1	2	3
2023	2	2	4
2024	4	2	6

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Fones L, Kasper A, Milano M, Ilyas AM. Incidental Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex Changes on Wrist MRI. Hand (N Y). 2025 Nov; 20(8):1292-1297.

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Bertoni D, Schlegel L, Gillmore K, Brill-Edwards M, Armache M, Cottrill E. Significance of Incidental Thyroid Findings in a Large Community-based Lung Cancer Screening Cohort. Laryngoscope. 2025 02; 135(2):964-968.

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Saeidian AH, March ME, Youssefian L, Watson DJ, Bhandari E, Wang X, Zhao X, Owen NM, Strong A, Harr MH, Bhoj E, Zackai E, Vahidnezhad H, Gudjonsson JE, Cederbaum SD, Deignan JL, Glessner J, Grody WW, Hakonarson H. Secondary ACMG and non-ACMG genetic findings in a multiethnic cohort of 16,713 pediatric participants. Genet Med. 2024 11; 26(11):101225.

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Doyle M, Corsi D, Osler B, Vishnevsky OA. Unexpected finding in a man in his 50s with postprandial and exertional chest pain. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2024 06 28; 25(7):e186.

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Rshaidat H, Meredith L, Woodroof J, Aikhionbare I, Koeneman SH, Shusted C, Ruane B, Barta J, Okusanya OT. Incidence and Management of Cardiothoracic Relevant Extrapulmonary Findings Found on Low-Dose Computed Tomography. Ann Thorac Surg. 2024 08; 118(2):358-364.

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Knight J, Kamaya A, Fetzer D, Dahiya N, Gabriel H, Rodgers SK, Tublin M, Walsh A, Bingham D, Middleton W, Fung C. Management of incidentally detected gallbladder polyps: a review of clinical scenarios using the 2022 SRU gallbladder polyp consensus guidelines. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2024 09; 49(9):3158-3165.

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Till BM, Grenda T, Tidwell T, Wickes B, Shusted C, Ruane B, Okusanya O, Evans NR, Barta JA. Brief Report: Nonmalignant Surgical Resection Among Individuals with Screening-Detected Versus Incidental Lung Nodules. Clin Lung Cancer. 2024 May; 25(3):e129-e132.e4.

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Fish AM, Kirupaharan P, Scharf ML. An Incidental Finding of Pulmonary Cement Embolism Four Weeks After Vertebroplasty in a 50-Year-Old Man with Multiple Myeloma. Am J Case Rep. 2023 Dec 01; 24:e941716.

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Qadiri QS, Ponzio DY, Thalody HS, Clark SC, Post ZD, Orozco FR, Ong AC. Incidental findings on CT scans for robot-assisted total joint arthroplasty. ANZ J Surg. 2023 05; 93(5):1203-1206.

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Moore CL, Baskin A, Chang AM, Cheung D, Davis MA, Fertel BS, Hans K, Kang SK, Larson DM, Lee RK, McCabe-Kline KB, Mills AM, Nicola GN, Nicola LP. White Paper: Best Practices in the Communication and Management of Actionable Incidental Findings in Emergency Department Imaging. J Am Coll Radiol. 2023 04; 20(4):422-430.

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