naa a22 4500 510747914 CHVBK 20180411083053.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20131201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11547-013-0953-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11547-013-0953-8 Malpractice claims related to musculoskeletal imaging. Incidence and anatomical location of lesions [Elektronische Daten] [Adriano Fileni, Gaia Fileni, Paoletta Mirk, Giulia Magnavita, Marzia Nicoli, Nicola Magnavita] Le denunce per la diagnostica dell'apparato muscoloscheletrico: frequenza e sedi anatomiche coinvolte Purpose: Failure to detect lesions of the musculoskeletal system is a frequent cause of malpractice claims against radiologists. Materials and methods: We examined all the malpractice claims related to alleged errors in musculoskeletal imaging filed against Italian radiologists over a period of 14 years (1993-2006). Results: During the period considered, a total of 416 claims for alleged diagnostic errors relating to the musculoskeletal system were filed against radiologists; of these, 389 (93.5%) concerned failure to report fractures, and 15 (3.6%) failure to diagnose a tumour. Conclusions: Incorrect interpretation of bone pathology is among the most common causes of litigation against radiologists; alone, it accounts for 36.4% of all malpractice claims filed during the observation period. Awareness of this risk should encourage extreme caution and diligence. Springer-Verlag, 2013 Malpractice nationallicence Musculoskeletal imaging nationallicence Bone and joint nationallicence Fracture nationallicence Cancer nationallicence Claims nationallicence Radiologists nationallicence Stress nationallicence Liability nationallicence Diagnosis nationallicence Malpratica nationallicence Radiologia scheletrica nationallicence Ossa e articolazioni nationallicence Fratture nationallicence Cancro nationallicence Denunce nationallicence Radiologi nationallicence Stress nationallicence Responsabilità nationallicence Diagnosi nationallicence Fileni Adriano Istituto Nazionale Malattie Infettive L. Spallanzani IRCCS, Roma, Italy aut Fileni Gaia Centro Giovanni Paolo II, Putignano, BA, Italy aut Mirk Paoletta Istituto di Bioimmagini e Scienze Radiologiche dell'Università Cattolica del S. Cuore, Roma, Italy aut Magnavita Giulia Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche presso Ministero dell'Ambiente, Roma, Italy aut Nicoli Marzia Dipartimento di Salute Pubblica, Università Cattolica del S. Cuore, Roma, Italy aut Magnavita Nicola Dipartimento di Salute Pubblica, Università Cattolica del S. Cuore, Roma, Italy aut La radiologia medica Springer-Verlag 118/8(2013-12-01), 1388-1396 0033-8362 118:8<1388 2013 118 11547 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11547-013-0953-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11547-013-0953-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fileni Adriano Istituto Nazionale Malattie Infettive L. Spallanzani IRCCS, Roma, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fileni Gaia Centro Giovanni Paolo II, Putignano, BA, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mirk Paoletta Istituto di Bioimmagini e Scienze Radiologiche dell'Università Cattolica del S. Cuore, Roma, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Magnavita Giulia Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche presso Ministero dell'Ambiente, Roma, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nicoli Marzia Dipartimento di Salute Pubblica, Università Cattolica del S. Cuore, Roma, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Magnavita Nicola Dipartimento di Salute Pubblica, Università Cattolica del S. Cuore, Roma, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- La radiologia medica Springer-Verlag 118/8(2013-12-01), 1388-1396 0033-8362 118:8<1388 2013 118 11547 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer