Classifying diagnostic pitfalls in juxtapleural CT lesions: A root cause
Kunquan Lai, Xinhuan Huang, Huan Lai, Huixian Chen, Suiqiao Huang, Honggang Xu, Yongshun Wu · 2026
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Description
Kunquan Lai and co-authors built a framework for sorting reading errors in chest CT scans in a 2026 study. Lesions next to the pleura, the lining around the lungs, are easy to misread. The team wanted to classify why readings fail rather than just count failures.
They studied twenty patients at a county hospital, chosen because their cases were hard, and confirmed each final diagnosis by tissue or lab proof in most cases. Eighteen cases showed major or moderate disagreement with the first reading. Two radiologists sorted the errors into three types: misread features, missed findings, and failures to combine information. Misleading features caused two thirds of errors. Agreement between raters was substantial. The authors ask for larger multi-center testing before clinical use.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Kunquan Lai, Xinhuan Huang, Huan Lai, Huixian Chen, Suiqiao Huang, Honggang Xu, Yongshun Wu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 39 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |