 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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| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2014 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Incidental Findings" by people in Profiles.
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Hufnagel SB, Martin LJ, Cassedy A, Hopkin RJ, Antommaria AH. Adolescents' preferences regarding disclosure of incidental findings in genomic sequencing that are not medically actionable in childhood. Am J Med Genet A. 2016 08; 170(8):2083-8.
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Dunlop JH, Cohen JS. Incidental renal mass found on focused assessment with sonography in trauma. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2014 Oct; 30(10):752-4.
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Magge KT, Magge SN, Keating RF, Myseros JS, Boyajian MJ, Sauerhammer TM, Rogers GF, Oh AK. Incidental findings on preoperative computed tomography for nonsyndromic single suture craniosynostosis. J Craniofac Surg. 2014 Jul; 25(4):1327-30.
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Hufnagel SB, Antommaria AH. Laboratory policies on reporting secondary findings in clinical whole exome sequencing: initial uptake of the ACMG's recommendations. Am J Med Genet A. 2014 May; 164A(5):1328-31.
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Whitehead MT, Oh CC, Choudhri AF. Incidental pineal cysts in children who undergo 3-T MRI. Pediatr Radiol. 2013 Dec; 43(12):1577-83.
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Liu J, Wang S, Yao J, Linguraru MG, Summers RM. Manifold diffusion for exophytic kidney lesion detection on non-contrast CT images. Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv. 2013; 16(Pt 1):340-7.
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Roth J, Keating RF, Myseros JS, Yaun AL, Magge SN, Constantini S. Pediatric incidental brain tumors: a growing treatment dilemma. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2012 Sep; 10(3):168-74.
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Kesari A, Neel R, Wagoner L, Harmon B, Spurney C, Hoffman EP. Somatic mosaicism for Duchenne dystrophy: evidence for genetic normalization mitigating muscle symptoms. Am J Med Genet A. 2009 Jul; 149A(7):1499-503.
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