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Colorectal carcinoma missed on double contrast barium enema study: a problem in perception.

Abstract

A total of 31 cases of primary colorectal carcinoma missed on double contrast barium enema studies over a 5 year period (1976-1980) were collected from six institutions, and the causes of error reviewed. The errors were purely perceptive in 52%, due to a combination of perceptive and technical factors in 32%, and interpretative in 6%. The most common perceptive mistakes were failure to recognize a filling defect in the barium pool and failure …

Authors

Kelvin FM; Gardiner R; Vas W; Stevenson GW

Journal

American Journal of Roentgenology, Vol. 137, No. 2, pp. 307–313

Publisher

American Roentgen Ray Society

Publication Date

August 1, 1981

DOI

10.2214/ajr.137.2.307

ISSN

0361-803X