Incidental findings on cardiac computed tomography in incident hemodialysis patients: the predictors of arrhythmic and cardiovascular events in end-stage renal disease (PACE) study

Table 1 Type and frequency of non-cardiac incidental CT findings among 260 incident hemodialysis study participants

Incidental findings	Number (%)
Pulmonary nodule*	63 (27.5)
Pleural effusion	23 (10.0)
Pericardial effusion	23 (10.0)
Hiatal hernia	17 (7.4)
Mediastinal lymph node**	16 (7.0)
Aortic aneurysm	14 (6.1)
Pulmonary cyst bleb	9 (4.0)
Pulmonary embolism	5 (2.2)
Abdominal mass***	5 (2.2)
Thrombus of central venous catheter	3 (1.3)
Other	51 (22.3)
Total	229

*Nodules: 46 (73%) of them less than 6 mm; 11 (17.5%) of them between 6 and 9 mm and 6 (9.5%) of them more than 10 mm.
**Mediastinal lymph nodes: 10 (62.5%) of them less than 10 mm and 6 (37.5%) of them 10 mm or more.
***Abdominal mass: 4 of them were in the liver and one was in the left adrenal gland.

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