Incidental findings of solitary pulmonary nodules on computed tomographic pulmonary angiography: a hidden workload
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Coronary computed tomographic angiography and incidental pulmonary nodules.
I ncidental findings are an important topic in diagnostic imaging. Because of the comprehensive nature of computed tomography (CT) scanning, incidental findings are seemingly found on almost every CT scan performed for a wide variety of reasons in a radiology department. Many of these incidental findings such as a liver cyst are benign and immediately dismissed. Other findings require more exte...
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1 Hospital Mater Dei; Department of Internal Medicine, Grupo de Estudo da Hemostasia e Trombose (GETHe), Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil 2 Instituto de Previdência do Estado de Minas Gerais, Department of Internal Medicine, GETHe, Faculty of Medicine, UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil 3 Hospital Mater Dei, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil 4 ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Medicine
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1470-2118,1473-4893
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.10-1-100