incidental findings

Preferred Label : incidental findings;

MeSH definition : 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.;

MeSH synonym : incidental finding; findings, incidental; finding, incidental;

DeCS synonym : Incidentaloma;

Related MeSH term : incidental discovery; Discoveries, Incidental; Discovery, Incidental; Incidental Discoveries;

MeSH annotation : HUMAN only;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incidental findings;

Details

Origin ID

D033162;

UMLS CUI

C0743997;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- incidental imaging finding [Radlex concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Incidental Finding [NCIt concept]
- Incidental Lesion Finding [NCIt concept]
- incidentaloma [Q-code]
Record concept(s)
- incidental discovery [MeSH concept]
- incidental findings [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Finding [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Incidental Finding [NCIt concept]
- Incidental Lesion Finding [NCIt concept]
- incidentaloma [Q-code]

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