Incidentalomas: managing risks

Incidentalomas: managing risks

Radiol Bras. 2015 Jul/Ago;48(4):IX–X Incidentaloma is the medical term for incidentally found asymptomatic tumors. Such imaging findings have been increasingly frequent as the use of sectional imaging methods is disseminated. Its incidence can hardly be established, but it is known that pulmonary nodules may be identified at up to 50% of chest computed tomography (CT) studies in smoking individ...

Evaluating and managing adrenal incidentalomas REVIEW ■

Adrenal masses that are found incidentally should be evaluated with both imaging and hormonal studies. The attenuation coefficient on noncontrast computed tomography (CT), expressed in Hounsfield units (HU), is better than tumor size in differentiating adrenal adenomas and hyperplastic lesions from nonadenomas. All patients should undergo hormonal evaluation for Cushing syndrome and pheochromoc...

Managing Creative Risks

Business process management (BPM) has emerged as an important enabler for managing risks. Organizations use BPM techniques such as process modeling to create transparency and to identify process-related risks. Existent risk management frameworks distinguish between different types of risk, such as people, technical, and management risk. Our study suggests that creativity in business processes l...

Managing long-term risks

Managing food-related health risks