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Managing Incidental Findings on Thoracic CT: Lung Findings. A White Paper of the ACR Incidental Findings Committee. Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR Munden, R. F., Black, W. C., Hartman, T. E., MacMahon, H., Ko, J. P., Dyer, D. S., Naidich, D., Rossi, S. E., McAdams, H. P., Goodman, E. M., Brown, K., Kent, M., Carter, B. W., Chiles, C., Leung, A. N., Boiselle, P. M., Kazerooni, E. A., Berland, L. L., Pandharipande, P. V. 2021

Abstract

The ACR Incidental Findings Committee presents recommendations for managing incidentally detected lung findings on thoracic CT. The Chest Subcommittee is composed of thoracic radiologists who endorsed and developed the provided guidance. These recommendations represent a combination of current published evidence and expert opinion and were finalized by informal iterative consensus. The recommendations address commonly encountered incidental findings in the lungs and are not intended to be a comprehensive review of all pulmonary incidental findings. The goal is to improve the quality of care by providing guidance on management of incidentally detected thoracic findings.

View details for DOI 10.1016/j.jacr.2021.04.014

View details for PubMedID 34246574