Diagnostic errors in musculoskeletal oncology and possible mitigation strategies.

Donald J Flemming; Carissa White; Edward Fox; Julie Fanburg-Smith; Eric Cochran

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Diagnostic errors in musculoskeletal oncology and possible mitigation strategies.

May 24, 2023

Flemming DJ, White C, Fox E, et al. Skeletal Radiol. 2023;52(3):493-503.

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Radiologic diagnostic errors can result in delayed or unnecessary treatment. This paper describes five types of cognitive biases, with accompanying case study and images, that result in misdiagnosis. Both individual education and system-level solutions are described.

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