"Incidentalomas" on abdominal and pelvic CT in emergency radiology: literature review and current management recommendations.
The purpose of this article is to familiarize radiologists and clinicians with a subset of common and uncommon incidental findings on abdominal and pelvic computed tomography examinations, including hepatic, splenic, renal, adrenal, pancreatic, aortic/iliac arterial, gynecological, and a few other miscellaneous findings, with an emphasis on "incidentalomas" discovered in the emergency setting. In addition, we will review the complex problem of diagnosing such entities, and provide current management recommendations. Representative case examples, which we have encountered in our clinical practices, will be demonstrated.
Department of Radiology, Winthrop-University Hospital, 259 First Street, Mineola, NY, 11501, USA. Sbehbahani@winthrop.org.
Siavash
0000-0002-6052-4450
S
Behbahani
Department of Radiology, Winthrop-University Hospital, 259 First Street, Mineola, NY, 11501, USA.
Sameer
S
Mittal
Department of Radiology, Hamilton General Hospital, McMaster University, 237 Barton St., East Hamilton, ON, L8L 2X2, Canada.
Michael N
MN
Patlas
Department of Radiology, University of Washington Medical Center, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
Mariam
M
Moshiri
Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, 13400 E. Shea Blvd., Scottsdale, AZ, 85259, USA.
Christine O
CO
Menias
Department of Radiology, Winthrop-University Hospital, 259 First Street, Mineola, NY, 11501, USA.
Douglas S
DS
Katz
D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Abdominal and pelvic computed tomography (CT); Emergency radiology; Incidental findings; Management guidelines