Radiologists occasionally find something incidentally on ultrasound, CT scan, or MRI that is not related to the reason for study. Examples include an isolated renal cyst small focus of calcification in liver. Many these findings are no consequence, but radiologist's report often results referral a subspecialist, thus incurring unnecessary costs. Alternatively, incidental can identify conditions...

As multidetector CT has come to play a more central role in medical care and as CT image quality has improved, there has been an increase in the frequency of detecting "incidental findings," defined as findings that are unrelated to the clinical indication for the imaging examination performed. These "incidentalomas," as they are also called, often confound physicians and patients with how to m...

The wider use of MRI for imaging of the head in both research and clinical practice has led to an increasing number of intracranial incidental findings. Most of these findings have no immediate medical consequences. Nevertheless, knowledge of common intracranial incidental findings and their clinical relevance is necessary to adequately discuss the findings with the patient. Based on the author...