Case Report

Missed Lung Cancers on the Scout View: Do We Look Every Time?

Figure 2

(a) CT scout (AP) view demonstrates a nodule in the left midzone (white arrow). The level of the first axial image from the surveillance abdominopelvic CT is shown by the red line demonstrating that the scan commenced below the level of the lesion. (b) Image from CT chest scan confirmed a soft tissue attenuation spiculated nodule with a pleural tag in the anterior segment of the left upper lobe (black arrow).
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