MDCT of the abdomen: Common misdiagnoses at a busy academic center

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 660-667

  Horton, Karen M ^a   Johnson, Pamela T ^a   Fishman, Elliot K ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; MDCT; Medical errors; Misdiagnosis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADRENAL TUMOR; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; INTESTINE TUMOR; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MUSCLE INJURY; PANCREAS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE DISEASE; STOMACH LESION;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BALTIMORE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77749283720     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3280     Document Type: Article

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