Evidence-based anatomical review areas derived from systematic analysis of cases from a radiological departmental discrepancy meeting

S. C. Chin (Lead / Corresponding author), J. R. Weir-McCall, P. M. Yeap, R. D. White, M. J. Budak, G. Duncan, T. B. Oliver, I. A. Zealley

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    Abstract

    Aim: To produce short checklists of specific anatomical review sites for different regions of the body based on the frequency of radiological errors reviewed at radiology discrepancy meetings, thereby creating "evidence-based" review areas for radiology reporting.

    Materials and Methods: A single centre discrepancy database was retrospectively reviewed from a 5-year period. All errors were classified by type, modality, body system, and specific anatomical location. Errors were assigned to one of four body regions: chest, abdominopelvic, central nervous system (CNS), and musculoskeletal (MSK). Frequencies of errors in anatomical locations were then analysed.

    Results: There were 561 errors in 477 examinations; 290 (46%) errors occurred in the abdomen/pelvis, 99 (15.7%) in the chest, 117 (18.5%) in the CNS, and 125 (19.9%) in the MSK system. In each body system, the five most common location were chest: lung bases on computed tomography (CT), apices on radiography, pulmonary vasculature, bones, and mediastinum; abdominopelvic: vasculature, colon, kidneys, liver, and pancreas; CNS: intracranial vasculature, peripheral cerebral grey matter, bone, parafalcine, and the frontotemporal lobes surrounding the Sylvian fissure; and MSK: calvarium, sacrum, pelvis, chest, and spine.

    Conclusion: The five listed locations accounted for >50% of all perceptual errors suggesting an avenue for focused review at the end of reporting.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)902.e1-902.e12
    Number of pages12
    JournalClinical Radiology
    Volume72
    Issue number10
    Early online date4 Jul 2017
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Oct 2017

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