Potentially serious incidental findings on brain and body magnetic resonance imaging of apparently asymptomatic adults: systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine prevalence and types of potentially serious incidental findings on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in apparently asymptomatic adults, describe factors associated with potentially serious incidental findings, and summarise information on follow-up and final diagnoses.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analyses.

Data sources

Citation searches of relevant articles and authors' files in Medline and Embase (from inception to 25 April 2017).

Review methods

Eligible studies included prevalence and types of incidental findings detected among apparently asymptomatic adults undergoing MRI of the brain, thorax, abdomen, or brain and body. Data on study population and methods, prevalence and types of incidental findings, and final diagnoses were ex

SUBMITTER: Gibson LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6249611 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature