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The phrase "are incidentally found" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is discovered or encountered by chance or unintentionally.
Example: "In the study, several rare species are incidentally found in the wetlands, highlighting the area's biodiversity."
Alternatives: "are occasionally discovered" or "are inadvertently located".
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So it seems paradoxical that the National Electronic Library for Health, the NHS's own website, used by staff to treat patients, states that when women are "incidentally" found to have GBS during pregnancy, "It is important to inform the woman of her carrier status and to record this information in her antenatal notes so appropriate action may be taken at the time of delivery.
Many patients are asymptomatic and are incidentally found to have benign esophageal tumors.
Cystic lesions around the hip are incidentally found in up to 26%% of asymptomatic patients during imaging studies [17].
Isolated mucosal thickenings are incidentally found in a large number of MSCT performed for non-sinonasal pathological conditions.
About 10% of people with lung cancer do not have symptoms at diagnosis; these cancers are incidentally found on routine chest radiography.
This may evoke another important issue of whether all GISTs may require surgical resection when they are incidentally found by endoscopic screening.
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"During examination, he was incidentally found to have an irregular heartbeat, which on further testing was determined to be atrial fibrillation, an abnormal rhythm involving the upper chambers of the heart," Ms. Mitchell said.
During an examination for in situ uterine cervical cancer, splenomegaly and hypersplenism were incidentally found.
He was incidentally found to have a left-sided supraclavicular mass.
A mass of the left adrenal gland measuring 5 × 3 cm was incidentally found.
We described two cases of asymptomatic DH that were incidentally found during postoperative CT examination and provided a literature review.
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