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Incidental Brain MRI Findings in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- Differentiating Incidental From Pathologic Brain MRI Findings in Asymptomatic Boys With X-Linked Adrenoleukodystrophy: A Multicenter Study.Neurology · 2025Article
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- Incidental brain tumor findings in children: prevalence, natural history, management, controversies, challenges, and dilemmas.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2024Review
- Central nervous system embryonal tumor with PLAGL1 amplification: a case report of a novel entity focusing on imaging findings.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2024Article
- Utility of brain imaging in pediatric patients with a suspected accidental spinal injury but no brain injury-related symptoms.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2024Article
- Age, Motion, Medical, and Psychiatric Associations With Incidental Findings in Brain MRI.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Yield of brain MRI in children with autism spectrum disorder.European journal of pediatrics · 2023Article
- Surgical Treatment of Pediatric Incidentally Found Brain Tumors: A Single-Center Experience.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Characterization of MRI White Matter Signal Abnormalities in the Pediatric Population.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- fastMRI+, Clinical pathology annotations for knee and brain fully sampled magnetic resonance imaging data.Scientific data · 2022Article
- Incidental Findings Among Youth Participating in Multimodal Imaging Research: Characteristics of Findings and Description of a Management Approach.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe detection of incidental findings on children's brain MR imaging poses various practical issues because the life-long implications of such findings may be profound. PURPOSE: Our aim was to assess the prevalence and characteristics of incidental brain MR imaging findings in children. DATA SOURCES: Electronic databases (PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane) were searched for articles published between 1985 to July 2018, with the following search terms: "incidental," "findings," "brain," "MR imaging." STUDY SELECTION: Inclusion criteria were the following: 1) patients younger than 21 years of age, 2) healthy children without any clinical condition, 3) MR images obtained with at least a 1.5T magnet, 4) original articles, and 5) a methodologic quality score of ≥10. DATA ANALYSIS: Two observers independently extracted data and assessed data quality and validity. The number and type of incidental findings were pooled. Heterogeneity was assessed using the Cochran DATA SYNTHESIS: Seven studies were included, reporting 5938 children (mean age, 11.3 ± 2.8 years). Incidental findings were present in 16.4% (99% CI, 9.8-26.2; Q = 117.5, I LIMITATIONS: Limitations were no age stratification or ethnicity data and variation in the design of included studies.
conclusionsThe prevalence of incidental findings is much more frequent in children than previously reported in adults, but clinically meaningfull incidental findings were present in <1 in 38 children.
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