Incidental Findings in CT Colonography: Literature Review and Survey of Current Research Practice

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Gluecker T. M. , “Extracolonic Findings at CT Colonography: Evaluation of Prevalence and Cost in a Screening Population,” Gastroenterology 124, no. 4 (2003): 911–916; Hara A. K. , “Incidental Extracolonic Findings at CT Colonography,” Radiology 215, no. 2 (2000): 353–357.

Id. (Gluecker); see Pickhardt P. J. Taylor A. J. , “Extracolonic Findings Identified in Asymptomatic Adults at Screening CT Colonography,” American Journal of Roentgenology 186, no. 3 (2006): 718–728.

Id. (Gluecker); Hara , supra note 2; Casarella W. J. , “A Patient's Viewpoint on a Current Controversy,” Radiology 224, no. 3 (2002): 927; Chin M. , “Computed Tomographic Colonography: Prevalence, Nature, and Clinical Significance of Extracolonic Findings in a Community Screening Program,” American Journal of Gastroenterology 100, no. 12 (2005): 2771–2776; Yee J. , “Extracolonic Abnormalities Discovered Incidentally at CT Colonography in a Male Population,” Radiology 236, no. 2 (2005): 519–526.

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See Gluecker , supra note 2; Hara , supra note 2; Yee , supra note 4.

Hellstrom M. , “Extracolonic and Incidental Findings on CT Colonography (Virtual Colonoscopy),” American Journal of Roentgenology 182, no. 3 (2004): 631–638.

See Gluecker , supra note 2; Hara , supra note 2; Chin , supra note 4; Yee , supra note 4; Pickhardt P. J. , “CT Colonography Reporting and Data System (C-RADS): Prospective Categorization for Screening in 2501 Patients,” presentation at the Radiological Society of North America Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, 2006, at 537. The largest study referred to in text is Pickhardt .

See Hellstrom , supra note 7; Edwards J. T. , “Extracolonic Findings at Virtual Colonoscopy: Implications for Screening Programs,” American Journal of Gastroenterology 96, no. 10 (2001): 3009–3012; Khan K. Y. , “Frequency and Impact of Extracolonic Findings Detected at Computed Tomographic Colonography in a Symptomatic Population,” British Journal of Surgery 94, no. 3 (2007): 355–361; Spreng A. , “Importance of Extracolonic Findings at IV Contrast Medium-Enhanced CT Colonography versus Those at Non-Enhanced CT Colonography,” European Radiology 15, no. 10 (2005): 2088–2095.

See Gluecker , supra note 2; Hara , supra note 2.

See Hellstrom , supra note 8; Edwards , supra note 9; Spreng , supra note 10.

See Hara , supra note 2; Yee , supra note 4; Pickhardt , supra note 9.

See Edwards , supra note 10; Khan , supra note 10; Spreng , supra note 10.

See Casarella , supra note 4.

Xiong T. , “Incidental Lesions Found on CT Colonography: Their Nature and Frequency,” British Journal of Radiology 78, no. 925 (2005): 22–29.

Pickhardt P. J. , “Computed Tomographic Virtual Colonoscopy to Screen for Colorectal Neoplasia in Asymptomatic Adults,” New England Journal of Medicine 349, no. 23 (2003): 2191–2200.

See Gluecker , supra note 2.

See Hara , supra note 2.

See Spreng , supra note 10.

See Gluecker , supra note 2; Hara , supra note 2.

See Pickhardt Taylor , supra note 3.

See Yee , supra note 4.

Zalis M. E. , “CT Colonography Reporting and Data System: A Consensus Proposal,” Radiology 236, no. 1 (2005): 3–9.

See Pickhardt , supra note 9.

Zalis M. E. , “Implementation of Structured Reporting in CT Colonography: Initial Experience with the CT Colonography Reporting and Data System,” presentation at the Radiological Society of North American Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, 2006, at 537.

See Pickhardt Taylor , supra note 3.

See Yee , supra note 4.

See Hara , supra note 2.

Casola G. , “Whole-Body CT Screening: Self-Referral,” in Fourth International Symposium: Virtual Colonoscopy (Boston: Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, 2003): at 55.

Young B. M. , “Polyp Measurement with CT Colonography: Multiple-Reader, Multiple-Workstation Comparison,” American Journal of Roentgenology 188, no. 1 (2007): 122–129.

See Wolf , supra note 5.

See Young , supra note 34.

Illes J. , “Discovery and Disclosure of Incidental Findings in Neuroimaging Research,” Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 20, no. 5 (2004): 743–747.

Kirschen M. P. , “Subjects' Expectations in Neuroimaging Research,” Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 23, no. 2 (2006): 205–209.

45 C.F.R. § 46 (2007).

See Casola , supra note 33.

See Wolf , supra note 5.

Jonisch A. I. , “Can High-Attenuation Renal Cysts Be Differentiated from Renal Cell Carcinoma at Unenhanced CT?” Radiology 243, no. 2 (2007): 445–450.

MacMahon H. , “Guidelines for Management of Small Pulmonary Nodules Detected on CT Scans: A Statement from the Fleischner Society,” Radiology 237, no. 2 (2005): 395–400.

See Spreng , supra note 9.

See Gluecker , supra note 2; Hara , supra note 2; Pickhardt Taylor , supra note 3.