 Incidental Findings
"Incidental Findings" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Unanticipated information discovered in the course of testing or medical care. Used in discussions of information that may have social or psychological consequences, such as when it is learned that a child's biological father is someone other than the putative father, or that a person tested for one disease or disorder has, or is at risk for, something else.
| Descriptor ID |
D033162
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.410
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| Concept/Terms |
Incidental Findings- Incidental Findings
- Finding, Incidental
- Findings, Incidental
- Incidental Finding
Incidental Discovery- Incidental Discovery
- Discoveries, Incidental
- Discovery, Incidental
- Incidental Discoveries
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Incidental Findings" by people in Profiles.
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Alatorre-Jimenez M, Attard T. Incidental Finding of an Inverted Appendix. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2023 09 01; 77(3):e61.
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Dyke SOM, Saulnier KM, Dupras C, Webster AP, Maschke K, Rothstein M, Siebert R, Walter J, Beck S, Pastinen T, Joly Y. Points-to-consider on the return of results in epigenetic research. Genome Med. 2019 05 23; 11(1):31.
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Prero MY, Strenk M, Garrett J, Kessler A, Fanaroff JM, Lantos JD. Disclosure of Misattributed Paternity. Pediatrics. 2019 06; 143(6).
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Caylor RC, Grote L, Thiffault I, Farrow EG, Willig L, Soden S, Amudhavalli SM, Nopper AJ, Horii KA, Fleming E, Jenkins J, Welsh H, Ilyas M, Engleman K, Abdelmoity A, Saunders CJ. Incidental diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis complex by exome sequencing in three families with subclinical findings. Neurogenetics. 2018 08; 19(3):205-213.
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Alemayehu H, Snyder CL, St Peter SD, Ostlie DJ. Incidence and outcomes of unexpected pathology findings after appendectomy. J Pediatr Surg. 2014 Sep; 49(9):1390-3.
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Graf WD, Kayyali HR, Abdelmoity AT, Womelduff GL, Williams AR, Morriss MC. Incidental neuroimaging findings in nonacute headache. J Child Neurol. 2010 Oct; 25(10):1182-7.
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