incidentaloma

incidentaloma
Mass lesion, usually of the adrenal gland, serendipitously noted during computerized tomographic examinations performed for other reasons. [incidental + -oma, tumor]

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n.
a growth found incidentally on (usually) an adrenal gland during CT or MRI scanning of the abdomen or thorax for other clinical reasons. These growths are rarely significant, particularly if small, but they do pose a clinical dilemma for the investigating clinician.

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in·ci·den·ta·lo·ma (in″sĭ-den″tə-loґmə) an asymptomatic tumor, usually of an adrenal gland, discovered during a diagnostic imaging procedure performed for some other reason.

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