Assessing the Prevalence of Incidental Findings Identified by CTPA in Women of Reproductive Age

Table 2

Incidental findings made by CTPA, categorized by PE detection status (positive or negative) and finding type (types I, II, and III), represented as number (n) of said finding. When multiple pathologies were identified, incidental findings were categorized based on the most immediately harmful pathology.

PE-negative			PE-positive
Finding category	Finding	n	Finding category	Finding	n
Type I	Pneumonia	6	Type I
	Bronchiectasis & Pneumonia	1
	Pneumomediastinum	1
Type II	Ground-glass/pulmonary nodule(s)	5	Type II	Ground-glass/pulmonary nodule(s)	1
	Lymphadenopathy	1		Pleural effusion	1
	Pleural Effusion	2
Type III	Atelectasis	12	Type III	Atelectasis	3
	Calcified granuloma(s)	3		Pulmonary infarct/hemorrhage	1
	Lymphadenopathy	3		Small parenchymal hyperattenuation	1
	Pulmonary nodules	2		Osteoarthritis	1
	Osteoarthritis	2
	Vertebral compression fracture	1
	Healed fracture	1
	Hepatic steatosis	1
	Pulmonary cyst	1
	Enlarged thyroid	1
	Previously known infection	1