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Table 4 Summary of incidental findings on neuroimaging

From: Urgent referral for suspected CNS cancer: which clinical features are associated with a positive predictive value of 3 % or more?

Incidental finding

Number of patients (%)

Benign cystic lesion

5 (1.7 %)

Cerebrovascular disease

32 (11.1 %)

Small vessel disease only

25 (8.7 %)

Large artery disease only

5 (1.7 %)

Mixed small vessel and large artery disease

2 (0.7 %)

Degenerative spine disease

10 (3.5 %)

Cervical

9 (3.1 %)

Lumbar

1 (0.3 %)

CNS demyelination

3 (1.0 %)

Sinus disease

9 (3.1 %)