title: Missed lung cancer on chest radiography and computed tomography.
abstract: Missed lung cancer raises an important medicolegal issue and contributes to one of the most common causes for malpractice actions against radiologists. Lung cancer may be missed on either chest radiography or computed tomography. Although most malpractice cases involve lesions overlooked on the former, a small and increasing portion of cases are related to chest computed tomography scan. Factors contributing to overlooked lung cancer can be attributed to observer performance, lesion characteristics, and technical considerations.
authors: Department of Radiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 22 S. Greene Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA. dr.fardanesh@gmail.com
authors: Mahmoudreza
authors: M
authors: Fardanesh
authors: Charles
authors: C
authors: White
mesh_terms: D003951:Diagnostic Errors / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015588:Observer Variation; D015995:Prevalence; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*