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. 2009 Aug 4;58(9):1242–1249. doi: 10.1136/gut.2009.176867

Table 5.

Extracolonic findings in FOBT-positive participants

C-RADS classification* No of participants† Type of E4 findings‡ Additional procedures
E1 138 (42.6%)
E2 164 (50.6%)
E3 13 (4.0%) Imaging: 3
E4 10 (3.1%) Aortic aneurysm: 2 Imaging: 12
Iliac aneurysm: 1 Operation: 2
Extracolonic mass: 8
Lung nodules: 2

*C-RADS classification:22 E1 normal exam or anatomical variant; E2 clinically unimportant finding (eg, liver or kidney cysts); E3 probably unimportant finding (eg, indeterminate renal lesions); E4 potentially important finding (eg, aortic aneurysm, solid mass in liver or kidney).

†Numbers represent all participants that received a CTC scan (thus also participants that refused a colonoscopy after CTC and participants with a CTC that was of insufficient quality for polyp detection)

‡All extracolonic findings found in 9 participants.

C-RADS, CTC Reporting and Data System; FOBT, faecal occult blood test.