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. 2019 Apr 1;50(5):1489–1503. doi: 10.1002/jmri.26736

Table 2.

Predefined Presumed Benign Findings per Body Part

Body part Predefined presumed benign finding

Head

Benign intracranial cysts (arachnoid cysts, pineal gland cysts, choroid plexus cysts, pituitary cysts), dilated Virchow‐Robin spaces
Neck Sinus mucosal thickening or retention cysts, nasopharyngeal cysts, simple thyroid cysts
Chest and breast Lung or pleural scars, bronchogenic cysts, pericardiac cysts, breast cysts
Abdomen Benign liver lesions (cysts, hemangiomas, focal nodular hyperplasia), cholecystolithiasis, splenic hemangioma or cyst, uncomplicated renal cysts, renal angiomyolipoma ≤2 cm,31 adrenal adenoma, prostatic hyperplasia, uterine myoma, uterine adenomyosis, benign‐appearing ovarian cysts, colonic diverticuli, hydrocele
Musculoskeletal Degenerative spinal disease, scoliosis, spondylolisthesis, perineural cysts, sacral meningocele, osteoarthritic joint changes, subacromial bursitis, Baker's cysts, benign‐appearing bone or soft tissue lesions
Other Benign anatomic variants (azygos lobe, unilateral renal agenesis, vascular anatomic variants)