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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Oct 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Law Med Ethics. 2008;36(2):298–212. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2008.00273.x

Table 3.

Types of Incidental Findings Reported in Empirical Research Studies on Living Subjects and at Autopsy

EMPIRICAL STUDIES

  • Cysts (choroid plexus, pituitary, paraventricular, arachnoid, pineal) (8 reports)

SINGULAR OCCURRENCES OF:

  • Tumor (pituitary)

  • Vascular Malformations (aneurysm, infarct, cerebral lacune)

  • Cavum Septum Pellucidum

  • Blunt Carotid Artery Dissection

  • Subcortical White Matter Hyperintensity