http://easydiagnosis.com/blog/2007/08/incidentalomas-i/ Comments about Medical News and Controversies Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:05:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://easydiagnosis.com/blog/2007/08/incidentalomas-i/#comment-1000 Mark Praeger MD Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:47:24 +0000 http://easydiagnosis.com/blog/?p=32#comment-1000 I look forward to your discussion of "The Cascade Effect". I have referred to it for years as the "diagnostic cascade of Praeger" and vowed to never let anyone do a CT scan on me. Dr. Ken Mattox, Houston, refers to it as "VOMIT"--Victim of modern imaging technology. I am referred patients weekly because of incidentalomas found on often unneeded imaging studies. We all know of an occassional "good" pickup, but for every one of them, I suspect there are many more which should be ignored. I look forward to your comments. I look forward to your discussion of “The Cascade Effect”. I have referred to it for years as the “diagnostic cascade of Praeger” and vowed to never let anyone do a CT scan on me. Dr. Ken Mattox, Houston, refers to it as “VOMIT”–Victim of modern imaging technology. I am referred patients weekly because of incidentalomas found on often unneeded imaging studies. We all know of an occassional “good” pickup, but for every one of them, I suspect there are many more which should be ignored. I look forward to your comments.

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