title: MDCT of the abdomen: common misdiagnoses at a busy academic center.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  At our busy academic institution, we have noticed repeated examples of certain misdiagnoses, even by experienced abdominal imagers, both in our own department and at outside institutions. This is likely related to many factors. Discussed here are a variety of common diagnostic errors on body CT examinations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  For each diagnostic error, we explore the reasons for the misdiagnosis and provide experience-based advice to avoid these mistakes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 601 N Caroline St., Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. kmhorton@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: Karen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Horton
authors.forename: Pamela T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Elliot K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Fishman
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015142:Baltimore; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003951:Diagnostic Errors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal / Q000379:methods*; D011871:Radiology / Q000193:education; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*