"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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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2010 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2014 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2015 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2016 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2017 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2018 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2019 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2020 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Incidental Findings" by people in Profiles.
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Wandering Spleen in a Pediatric Lung Transplant Patient With Filamin A Deficiency: An Incidental Finding. Pediatr Transplant. 2025 Sep; 29(6):e70161.
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Utilizing natural language processing to improve abdominal aortic aneurysm surveillance. J Vasc Surg. 2025 Sep; 82(3):827-832.
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Clinically Relevant Extracardiac Findings at Cardiac Imaging: Insights from the European MR/CT Registry. Radiol Cardiothorac Imaging. 2024 Oct; 6(5):e240117.
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Secondary ACMG and non-ACMG genetic findings in a multiethnic cohort of 16,713 pediatric participants. Genet Med. 2024 Nov; 26(11):101225.
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Surgical management of an ectopic pregnancy in the setting of an unexpected M?llerian anomaly: intraoperative and postoperative implications. Fertil Steril. 2024 Nov; 122(5):951-953.
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Implementing evidence-based assertions of clinical actionability in the context of secondary findings: Updates from the ClinGen Actionability Working Group. Genet Med. 2024 Aug; 26(8):101164.
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Incidental finding and treatment of an anomalous aortic origin of the right coronary artery in a pediatric donor's heart prior to implantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2024 07; 43(7):1193-1195.
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An incidental finding of a high-grade glioma with pleomorphic and pseudopapillary features (HPAP) with PBRM1 mutation. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2024 01 19; 83(2):139-141.
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Ten Years of Incidental, Secondary, and Actionable Findings. N Engl J Med. 2023 11 09; 389(19):1813-1814.
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Feeding back of individual genetic results in Botswana: mapping opportunities and challenges. BMC Med Ethics. 2023 06 03; 24(1):37.