Diagnostic pitfalls in computed tomography of the chest.
Paula PatiñoAlexandre SemionovKarl SayeghJohn KosiukJosephine PressaccoPublished in: Acta radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987) (2022)
Anatomical variants and imaging artifacts on thoracic computed tomography (CT), when unrecognized as such, can lead to radiological misinterpretation and erroneous diagnosis. This is a concise review of 15 common CT diagnostic pitfalls due to anatomical variants and imaging artifacts which have potential to be misinterpreted as significant pathology, such as neoplasia, infection, traumatic injury, interstitial lung disease, pleural disease, or vascular lesions.
Keyphrases
- computed tomography
- image quality
- dual energy
- interstitial lung disease
- positron emission tomography
- contrast enhanced
- systemic sclerosis
- high resolution
- magnetic resonance imaging
- copy number
- spinal cord injury
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- spinal cord
- gene expression
- magnetic resonance
- mass spectrometry
- photodynamic therapy
- climate change
- cone beam