Refresher Course: Chest

RC 1204 - Incidental findings on chest CT: to ignore or to act?

February 28, 08:00 - 09:00 CET

5 min
Chairperson's introduction
Dorith Shaham, Jerusalem / Israel
15 min
Incidental findings in the breasts
Thomas Frauenfelder, Zurich / Switzerland
  1. To identify the different types of incidental findings commonly seen in the breast during chest CT scans.
  2. To describe the findings in relation to the technique used.
  3. To manage the incidental findings in the breast, including decision-making processes about when to ignore and when to act.
15 min
Incidental findings in the heart
Rodrigo Salgado, Antwerpen / Belgium
  1. To learn about the characteristics of the heart on non-gated chest CT.
  2. To understand the different categories of incidental findings which can be encountered.
  3. To learn about the imaging findings of common and less common but important cardiac incidental findings.
  4. To understand the limitations of a non-gated CT examination and how to subsequently formulate the findings in a radiology report.
15 min
Incidental findings in the chest wall
Violeta Vasilevska Nikodinovska, Skopje / North Macedonia
  1. To identify the different types of incidental bone and soft tissue lesions of the chest wall.
  2. To learn about the imaging findings of common and rare incidental findings of the chest wall.
  3. To learn about further diagnostic and imaging approaches to different chest wall lesions.
10 min
Panel discussion: Structured reporting and good practices for reporting incidental findings on chest CT