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Table 1 2013 EACVI Core Syllabus for European CMR certification examination – adapted from references [9] and [10]

From: Extra-cardiac findings in cardiovascular magnetic resonance: what the imaging cardiologist needs to know

9. Incidental (non-cardiovascular) findings

 

9.1. Neck including normal anatomy

 

 1/ Thyroid nodules

 

 2/ Adenopathy

 

9.2. Thorax including normal anatomy

 

 1/ Lung (airspace disease, mass)

 

 2/ Pleura (effusion, neoplasm)

 

 3/ Mediastinum

 

  ▪ Oesophagus (hernia, mass, dilatation/thickening)

 

  ▪ Solid & cystic masses, adenopathy

 

 4/ Bone (fracture, neoplasm, infection)

 

 5/ Chest wall mass (breast, axilla)

 

9.3. Abdomen including normal anatomy

 

 1/ Liver (cyst/haemangioma, mass, parenchymal disease)

 

 2/ Kidney (cyst, mass, hydronephrosis, parenchymal disease)

 

 3/ Adrenal mass

 

 4/ Spleen (size, lesion)

 

 5/ Other

 

  ▪ Gallstones/cholecystitis

 

  ▪ Ascites

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