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Point-of-Care Lung Ultrasound in Adults: Image Acquisition
Published on: March 3, 2023
Missed lung cancers on the scout view: do we look every time?
Sarfraz Ahmed Nazir1, Rachel Benamore2, Fergus Gleeson2
1Department of Radiology, Horton Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford OX16 9AL, UK.
Abstract:
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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