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Only those patients who underwent body CT including the neck, thorax, abdomen and pelvic regions after the i.v. application of a contrast medium were involved in the study. There were 4085 patients. On further analysis, only patients with intramuscular findings (IFs) incidentally detected on CT were included. Osseous or soft-tissue lesions with invasion into the musculature were excluded from the study. Patients with known or clinically suspicious muscle disorders were also excluded. Overall, 639 (15.64% of the 4085 analyzed cases) patients, 253 females and 386 males, with mean age 72.43\u2009\u00b1\u200912.02 years, were identified. Collected data were evaluated by means of descriptive statistics.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>In the 639 patients, 917 IFs were identified. More often, several benign disorders were diagnosed (n\u2009=\u2009803, 87.6%). There were hernias (33.5%), atrophy of different muscles (22%), lipomas (21%), intramuscular calcifications (8.7%), bursitis (1.2%) and intramuscular bleeding (1.1%). Malignant IFs (n\u2009=\u2009114, 12.4%) included intramuscular metastases (11.9%) and lymphomas (0.6%). Most frequently, the identified IFs were localized in the abdominal wall musculature, paravertebral and gluteal muscles. In 657 cases (71.6% of all IFs), the identified muscle findings were not diagnosed by the radiologist who initially assessed the investigation.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>CT can detect different incidental disorders within the skeletal musculature. Most of them were benign. However, malignant lesions can also occur. Therefore, skeletal muscles should be carefully evaluated on CT performed for other reasons.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Advances in knowledge:<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>IFs occur in 15.6% of CT investigations. 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