title: [Incidental findings of the kidneys, adrenal glands, adnexa uteri, gastrointestinal tract, mesentery and lymph nodes : Assessment and management recommendations].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Besides the upper abdominal parenchymal organs, the increasing application of cross-sectional imaging has also led to a rising number of incidental findings in the kidneys, adrenal glands, adnexa uteri, the gastrointestinal tract, mesentery and abdominal lymph nodes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Abdominal computed tomography investigations often show unexpected findings without any correlating symptoms. The growing clinical relevance is due to the large number of incidental findings as well as an increasing awareness of ethical and socioeconomic factors.
  
  
  RESULTS
  When interpreting radiological findings not only morphological criteria but also individual risk factors of the patient and the clinical context are of great importance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The aims of this article are the description and evaluation of frequent incidental findings detected by computed tomography and to provide information about management recommendations.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Radiologie und Nuklearmedizin, Medizinische Universität Wien, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Österreich. martina.scharitzer@meduniwien.ac.at.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scharitzer
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Radiologie und Nuklearmedizin, Medizinische Universität Wien, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Österreich.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tamandl
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Radiologie und Nuklearmedizin, Medizinische Universität Wien, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Wien, Österreich.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ba-Ssalamah
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000290:Adnexa Uteri / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008643:Mesentery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Case management; Clinical total concept; Morphological criteria; Radiological interpretation; Risk factors