Although historically regarded as an incidental finding, the os acromiale may occasionally produce symptoms from subacromial impingement or instability at the site of non-union.

These conditions can be found in asymptomatic patients as an incidental finding, or can be so severe as to be life-threatening.

These harmless cysts are often picked up on scans as incidental findings.

They are most commonly found as an incidental finding on radiographs made for other reasons, but occasionally isolated fractures of the process itself may lead to its discovery.

Diagnostic imaging of endocrine organs may reveal incidental findings called incidentalomas, which may or may not represent disease.