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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Journal of Clinical Practice</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Journal of Clinical Practice</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Клиническая практика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2220-3095</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2618-8627</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Eco-Vector</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">624757</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17816/clinpract624757</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Original Study Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Оригинальные исследования</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">“Blind spots” in the analysis of computed tomography of the head and neck area</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>«Слепые пятна» в анализе компьютерной томографии области головы и шеи</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6716-5593</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">2527-0130</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Nechaev</surname><given-names>Valentin A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Нечаев</surname><given-names>Валентин Александрович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>MD, PhD</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>канд. мед. наук</p></bio><email>dfkz2005@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0635-4438</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">3519-0938</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Vasiliev</surname><given-names>Alexander Y.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Васильев</surname><given-names>Александр Юрьевич</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>MD, PhD, Professor, Corresponding Member of Russian Academy of Sciences</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>д-р мед. наук, профессор, чл.-корр. РАН</p></bio><email>auv62@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Moscow City Hospital named after S.S. Yudin, Moscow Healthcare Department</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Городская клиническая больница им. С.С. Юдина Департамента здравоохранения г. Москвы»</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Russian University of Medicine</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Российский университет медицины</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff3"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Central Research Institute of Radiological Diagnostics</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Центральный научно-исследовательский институт лучевой диагностики</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="preprint" iso-8601-date="2024-03-26" publication-format="electronic"><day>26</day><month>03</month><year>2024</year></pub-date><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2024-04-17" publication-format="electronic"><day>17</day><month>04</month><year>2024</year></pub-date><volume>15</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>66</fpage><lpage>74</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2023-12-17"><day>17</day><month>12</month><year>2023</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2024-03-03"><day>03</day><month>03</month><year>2024</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2024, Eco-Vector</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2024, Эко-Вектор</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2024</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Eco-Vector</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Эко-Вектор</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://clinpractice.ru/clinpractice/article/view/624757">https://clinpractice.ru/clinpractice/article/view/624757</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p><bold>BACKGROUND</bold><bold>:</bold> Diagnostic errors in radiology occur in 2–5% of cases and most of them are due to perception errors, when a pathological change is not detected during the initial analysis, although its presence is very obvious during a retrospective analysis. In some cases, the errors appear due to the presence of «blind spots» — anatomical areas that most often go unnoticed when interpreted by a radiologist. It is extremely important to know their features when analyzing the CT study of the head and neck area for a targeted and systematic search for pathology.</p> <p><bold>AIM:</bold> To determine the most common anatomical areas in which radiologists frequently miss pathological changes when analyzing computed tomograms of the head and neck area.</p> <p><bold>METHODS:</bold> We have retrospectively analyzed 62 computed tomography scans of the head and neck region in cancer patients, in which there was no description of additional clinically significant pathological changes at the initial assessment. All the cases of missed pathology were identified after the repeat radiological examination or after the retrospective analysis of the CT study.</p> <p><bold>RESULTS:</bold> Several anatomical zones were identified in which most frequently the pathological findings were not described in the initial analysis of computed tomography studies of the head and neck area: brachiocephalic vessels (n=15; 24,2%), parotid salivary glands (n=10; 16,1%), paranasal sinuses (n=8; 12,9%), lungs and mediastinum (n=9; 14,6%), brain and temporal bones (n=5; 8,1%), soft tissues of the neck (n=4; 6,5%), thyroid gland and cervical spine (n=3; 4,8%).</p> <p><bold>CONCLUSION:</bold> The most common «blind spots» in the analysis of computed tomography scans of the head and neck region have been identified. The knowledge about such regions may potentially lead to the reduced incidence of missed pathology when interpreting a computed tomography study of those anatomical locations.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p><bold>Обоснование.</bold> В оценке лучевых исследований диагностические ошибки встречаются в 2–5% случаев, и большинство из них приходятся на ошибки восприятия, когда при первичном анализе патологическое изменение не обнаруживается, хотя при ретроспективном анализе его наличие весьма очевидно. В ряде случаев появление ошибок связывают с наличием так называемых слепых пятен — анатомических областей, которые наиболее часто остаются незамеченными при интерпретации врачом-рентгенологом. Крайне важно знание их особенностей при анализе компьютерной томографии области головы и шеи для целенаправленного и систематизированного поиска патологии.</p> <p><bold>Цель исследования</bold> — выявить анатомические зоны, в которых врачами-рентгенологами наиболее часто упускаются патологические изменения из виду при анализе компьютерных томограмм области головы и шеи.</p> <p><bold>Методы.</bold> Ретроспективно проанализированы 62 компьютерные томограммы области головы и шеи онкологических пациентов, в которых при первоначальной оценке отсутствовало описание дополнительных клинически значимых патологических изменений. Все случаи пропуска патологии были определены после повторного лучевого исследования и/или при ретроспективном анализе исследования.</p> <p><bold>Результаты.</bold> Определены несколько анатомических зон, в которых наиболее часто встречались патологические находки, не описанные при первоначальном анализе компьютерных томограмм области головы и шеи: брахиоцефальные сосуды (n=15; 24,2%), околоушные слюнные железы (n=10; 16,1%), околоносовые пазухи (n=8; 12,9%), лёгкие и средостение (n=9; 14,6%), головной мозг и височные кости (n=5; 8,1%), мягкие ткани шеи (n=4; 6,5%), щитовидная железа и шейный отдел позвоночника (n=3; 4,8%).</p> <p><bold>Заключение.</bold> Определены наиболее часто встречающиеся «слепые пятна» при анализе компьютерных томограмм области головы и шеи, знание которых потенциально может привести к снижению частоты возникновения пропуска патологии при интерпретации лучевого исследования данной анатомической локализации.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>computed tomography</kwd><kwd>blind spots</kwd><kwd>perceptual errors</kwd><kwd>satisfaction of search</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>компьютерная томография</kwd><kwd>«слепые пятна»</kwd><kwd>ошибка восприятия</kwd><kwd>удовлетворённость поиском</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Onder O, Yarasir Y, Azizova A, et al. 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