Unremarkable: Meaning in a Radiology Report

Unremarkable

Also written as: normal in appearance, no abnormality seen

Unremarkable means normal: the radiologist looked at that part of the scan and found nothing worth pointing out.

Seen on: Any scan

How it reads in a report

The liver, gallbladder, spleen and pancreas are unremarkable.

What it means

In everyday English, unremarkable can sound dull or even negative. In a radiology report it is good news: the structure looks the way it should. Radiologists list organs as unremarkable to show they checked them on purpose rather than skipped them.

When it matters

It needs no action by itself. Other lines in the same report may still describe findings elsewhere, so read the impression as a whole. A normal-looking organ also only covers what that type of scan can show, and some problems are not visible on every scan.

Questions to ask your doctor

Is everything in the impression unremarkable, or only some organs?
If the scan is normal, what could explain my symptoms?
Would a different kind of scan show more?

General information, not medical advice. What a finding means for you depends on your symptoms, your history and the images themselves, so talk your results through with a doctor.