Missed Lung Cancers on the Scout View: Do We Look Every Time?

Scout views are digital radiographs obtained to aid planning of the subsequent computed tomography (CT) examination. Review of these scout views may provide additional information not demonstrated on the axial images, but such reviews may not necessarily be performed routinely, especially in the con...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Nazir, Sarfraz Ahmed, Benamore, Rachel, Gleeson, Fergus
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3891612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24489553
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/760543
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Sumario:Scout views are digital radiographs obtained to aid planning of the subsequent computed tomography (CT) examination. Review of these scout views may provide additional information not demonstrated on the axial images, but such reviews may not necessarily be performed routinely, especially in the context of abdominopelvic CT studies. We illustrate the value of the scout images by presenting a series of representative cases of missed pulmonary neoplasms in five patients who originally underwent such examinations.

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