Medical College of Wisconsin
CTSIResearch InformaticsREDCap

Incidentalomas Among Healthy Nephrology Fellow Volunteers at POCUS Workshops: A Case Series POCUS Journal

Date

02/01/2022

Abstract

A radiographic incidental finding (sometimes called an incidentaloma) is defined as a structure that is unintentionally found during an exam for an unrelated indication. The increased use of routine abdominal imaging is associated with a rising incidence in incidentalomas of the kidney [1]. In one meta-analysis, 75% of renal incidentalomas were benign [2]. However, the overall prevalence of incidental carcinomas is low at 0.2% [3]. With the growing uptake of POCUS, healthy volunteers for clinical demonstrations may find themselves with new findings despite a lack of symptoms [4]. Having an incidentaloma discovered during the course of a nephrology POCUS workshop is a unique experience. Herein we report our experiences of having incidentalomas discovered during the course of POCUS demonstrations.

Author List

Blau, Ira, Behdad Besharatian, and Nathaniel Reisinger.

Author

Ira Howard Blau MD Assistant Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin

View Online