These types of incidental findings, not related to breast cancer treatment, should be returned to the patient according to recent guidelines of the American College of Medical Genetics [ 33].
In one recent study, which included a wide range of different cancer types, the prevalence of incidental VTEs was described with 2.5% (Douma et al, 2010).
This descriptive study aims to assess the type, frequency, and location of incidental findings in large-field maxillofacial CBCT imaging, collected retrospectively via radiologic reports from an orthodontic sample.
Outcomes measured included the number of coronary angiograms performed and their result, the number and type of other tests performed, and the presence of incidental findings.
Likewise, studies focusing on specific image types (e.g., mammograms, bone densitometry, and findings of incidental aortic aneurysms) found that 25-40% of cases with clinically significant abnormalities did not have documentation of a clinician response [ 4- 6].
For example, two lake-type populations (Cultus and Sakinaw) in south coastal British Columbia are now designated as endangered by COSEWIC, largely because of incidental fishing mortality (Irvine et al. 2005).
Negative emotional content may prompt incidental encoding of the type of affective perceptual detail that helps to discriminate images from percepts, whereas benign content is encoded in a similar way only when an affective rating is required.
