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BACKGROUND: Chest computed
tomography (CT) was obtained from many
patients with or without the Coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to the
pandemic. This study aimed to define
incidental findings on CTs of the patients.MATERİALS AND METHODS: From March
2020 to October 2020, three-thousand ten
adults (age ≥ 18 years) with no radiological
evidence of pneumonia and no known
malignancy or lung disease were included in
our study. CT images were evaluated for
findings, including incidental nodules and
subtypes due to Fleischner Society
guidelines, bronchial distortion,
bronchiectasis, sequela calcific lymph node,
sequela changes, emphysema, and
pneumoconiosis suspicious findings like
asbestos plaques and malignancy
suspicious findings due to Fleischner
Society guidelines.
RESULTS: The mean age was 46.49
±16.92, ranging from 18 to 96. Fifty-five
percent of the patients were men. Incidental
nodule was detected in 12% of the patients.
Bronchial distortion/bronchiectasis (p =
0.012), emphyssema (p < 0.001), incidental
pneumoconiosis suspicious findings (p =
0.004), incidental malignancy suspicious
findings (p = 0.026) were more common in
men. The most of smokers were men (p < 0.001). Emphysema was more common in
smokers (p = 0.008).
CONCLUSIONS: The incidental findings on
3010 chest CTs obtained on the population
were summarized. This study is the one with
the largest number of participants in Turkey.
Our results can help describe incidental
findings in our population.