Incidental findings associated with MRI of the hand and wrist.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To identify the prevalence of incidentalomas and incidental findings in symptomatic patients undergoing MRI of the hand or wrist.

Methods

This retrospective cross-sectional study included all children and adults who completed MRI of the hand or wrist over a 14-year period in a single UK tertiary centre. An incidental finding was any abnormality (structural or signal-based), suspected injury or disease-process that was not already established or suspected. Incidentalomas were defined as incidental findings requiring further investigation or treatment. Marginal standardisation was used to explore relationships between prognostic factors and outcomes.

Results

Overall, 490 out of 2138 (22.9%) scans contained 1 or more incidental anomalies and 67 (3.1%) had at l

SUBMITTER: Beese MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12659746 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature