CT

CT follow-up

Risk-stratified follow-up for chest, abdominal, and incidental CT findings.

Chest

Solid pulmonary nodule — Fleischner 2017

  • <6 mm, low risk: no routine follow-up.
  • <6 mm, high risk: optional CT at 12 months.
  • 6–8 mm: CT at 6–12 months, consider 18–24 months.
  • >8 mm: CT at 3 months, PET/CT, or tissue sampling.

Source: Fleischner Society 2017

Chest

Subsolid pulmonary nodule — Fleischner 2017

  • Pure GGN <6 mm: no routine follow-up.
  • Pure GGN ≥6 mm: CT at 6–12 months, then every 2 years up to 5 years.
  • Part-solid ≥6 mm: CT at 3–6 months; persistent solid ≥6 mm → biopsy/resection.

Source: Fleischner Society 2017

Abdomen

Adrenal incidentaloma

  • <10 HU on non-contrast: benign adenoma — no follow-up.
  • Indeterminate (>10 HU): adrenal protocol CT or MRI in/out-of-phase.
  • ≥4 cm or suspicious features: endocrine + surgical referral.

Source: ACR Incidental Adrenal Mass white paper

Abdomen

Renal cyst — Bosniak 2019

  • Bosniak I–II: no follow-up.
  • Bosniak IIF: CT/MRI 6 months, then annually for 5 years.
  • Bosniak III–IV: urology referral, consider intervention.

Source: Bosniak 2019

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