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. 2011 May;84(1001):418–426. doi: 10.1259/bjr/20854868

Table 6. False-positive cases: diagnoses in cases in which more than one reader misclassified the case.

Group Diagnosis Number of readers that misclassified case
Positive oral contrast Pelvic inflammatory disease 3
Perforated cecal cancer 3
Diverticulitis 2
Perforated duodenal ulcer 2
RLQ pain, not otherwise specified (1 year follow-up) 2
Neutral oral contrast Gastroenteritis 4
RLQ pain, not otherwise specified (no follow-up) 3
RLQ pain, not otherwise specified (no follow-up) 3
Gastroenteritis 2
RLQ pain, not otherwise specified (18 month follow-up) 2
RLQ pain, not otherwise specified (7 month follow-up) 2

RLQ, right lower quadrant.