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Incidentaloma
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Incidentaloma
A mass or lesion unexpectedly identified during a routine physical exam, imaging procedure—CT, MRI, ultrasound or other—or surgical exploration.
Sites Endocrine—adrenal, parathyroid, pituitary, thyroid—kidney, lung
incidentaloma
Medtalk An incidentally discovered mass or lesion, detected by CT, MRI, or other imaging modality performed for an unrelated reason. See Pathologist's tumor. Cf Ulysses syndrome.
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11) Disadvantages include ionising radiation and incidental findings such as pulmonary nodules.
Atherosclerosis imaging--how and whom? by Wolmarans, K.H. / CME: Your SA Journal of CPD
The formulation of a retrospective study, based on incidental findings arising from pre-existing trials, exposes the study to bias; as the pre-existing study is not necessarily designed to account for possible confounders unique to variables associated with a different objective.
The effect of a task-oriented intervention on arm function in people ... by McGregor, Lesley / New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy
Incidental findings on brain magnetic resonance imaging from 1000 asymptomatic volunteers.
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