Case Report
Missed Lung Cancers on the Scout View: Do We Look Every Time?
Table 1
Summary of 5 lung cancers missed on the scout views of abdominopelvic CT scans.
| Patient | Age (years) | Initial exam | Delay to diagnosis (days) | Pathology | Outcome |
| 1 | 88 | CT urogram | 235 | Metastatic colonic adenocarcinoma | Nonoperable radiotherapy | 2 | 75 | CT abdomen and pelvis | 224 | Squamous cell bronchogenic carcinoma | Resection | 3 | 75 | CT colon | 79 | Bronchoalveolar cell carcinoma | Resection | 4 | 86 | CT abdomen and Pelvis | 254 | Nonsmall cell carcinoma | Died shortly after definitive diagnosis | 5 | 69 | CT colon | 136 | Bronchoalveolar cell carcinoma | Resection |
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