TABLE 1.
Potentially Clinically Significant Incidental Extracardiac Findings
| Incidental Finding | No. of Patients |
No. of Findings |
Findings with follow-Up suggested |
Findings followed by imaging |
Findings followed clinically |
Previously Known finding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary nodule ≥ 4 mm | 26 | 32 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| Interstitial lung disease | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Equivocal liver lesion | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lung consolidation | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gynecomastia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cholelithiasis | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Compressed bronchus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marked mediastinal lymphadenopathy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adrenal hyperplasia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pleural effusion | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marked ascites | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Moderate hiatal hernia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Multinodular goiter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 47a | 53 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 10 |
a
Note that the sum of patients here is greater than the actual number of patients with incidental findings, because many had multiple findings.