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Errors in Imaging of the Acute Female Pelvis: Where Do They Occur and How Can We Reduce Them?

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This chapter outlines issues which can lead to errors in pelvic imaging, specifically in women. This includes common pelvic diagnoses which can have variable imaging appearances, as well as less common, but clinically significant pathologic conditions. The best imaging modality for each condition, depending on the clinical history provided, will be reviewed.

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  1. C1-Imaging, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Ania Z. Kielar & Shauna Duigenan

  2. University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Ania Z. Kielar

  3. Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, USA

    Ania Z. Kielar

  4. Community Radiology Division, Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Darcy J. Wolfman

  5. American Institute for Radiologic Pathology, American College of Radiology, Silver Spring, MD, USA

    Darcy J. Wolfman

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  1. Department of Radiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

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  2. Department of Radiology, NYU Winthrop Hospital, Mineola, NY, USA

    Douglas S. Katz

  3. Department of Imaging, Pineta Grande Medical Center, Castel Volturno, Caserta, Italy

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Kielar, A.Z., Duigenan, S., Wolfman, D.J. (2019). Errors in Imaging of the Acute Female Pelvis: Where Do They Occur and How Can We Reduce Them?. In: Patlas, M., Katz, D., Scaglione, M. (eds) Errors in Emergency and Trauma Radiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05548-6_8

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